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Trogidae (hide beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Trogidae

Taxonomy
Trogidae was named by MacLeay (1819). It is extant. Its type is Trox.

It was assigned to Scarabaeoidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Cai et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Trogidae MacLeay
1879Trox oustaleti Scudder p. 178
1890Trox oustaleti Scudder p. 487 figs. Pl 2 fig 22
1895Trox oustaleti Scudder p. 35
1900Trox oustaleti Scudder p. 105
1981Trogidae Crowson p. 695
1995Trogidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Trogidae Krell p. 874
2007Trogidae Nikolajev p. 101
2011Trogidae Bouchard et al.
2022Trogidae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyTrogidaeMacLeay 1819
familyTrogidaeMacLeay 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Trogidae MacLeay 1819 [hide beetle]
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Subfm. †Kresnikinae Tihelka et al. 2019
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G. †Kresnikus Tihelka et al. 2019
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Kresnikus beynoni Tihelka et al. 2019
Subfm. Omorginae Nikolajev 2005
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G. †Cretomorgus Nikolajev 2007
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Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis Nikolajev 2007
Subfm. Troginae MacLeay 1819
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Tr. †Avitortorini Nikolajev 2007
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G. †Avitortor Ponomarenko 1977
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Avitortor dolichodactylus Nikolajev 2007
Avitortor leptoscelis Nikritin 1977
Avitortor ovalis Nikolajev 2007
Avitortor parallelus Nikolajev 2007
Avitortor primitivus Ponomarenko 1977
G. †Paratrox Nikolajev 2009
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Paratrox medvedevi Nikolajev 2009
G. Trox Fabricius 1775
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Trox antiquus Wickham 1909
Trox cretaceus Nikolajev 2007
Trox minutus Nikolajev 2008
Trox sibericus Nikolajev 2007
Invalid names: Trox oustaleti Scudder 1879 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 121.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia Paratrox medvedevi, Cretomorgus ikhbogdensis (103273) Trox cretaceus, Avitortor parallelus, Avitortor dolichodactylus (103657)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Avitortor leptoscelis (113403) Avitortor ovalis (119498) Avitortor primitivus, Geotrupoides leptoscelis, Trox sibericus (105969)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Russian Federation Trox minutus (184930)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Kresnikus beynoni (161726)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Trox oustaleti (120624)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Trox antiquus (106381)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Trogidae indet. (22355 22356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Trox sp. (103991)