Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae
Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981, Krell 2000, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Nikolajev 2007
Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Crassiungula, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae
Subtaxa: Kresnikinae Omorginae Troginae Trox oustaleti
Type: Trox
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2), Myanmar (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences