Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Trogidae
Subfamiliae: Troginae - †Avitortorinae - †Prototroginae

Overview of genera

Afromorgus  Glyptotrox  Madagatrox  Omorgus  Polynoncus  Trox Avitortor Cretomorgus Prototrox


[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, plus (3) Madagatrox Avitortor Cretomorgus]

Name

  • Trogidae MacLeay, 1819

References

  • Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF

Additional references

  • Bezděk, A.; Hájek, J. 2009: Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page. 
  • Diéguez, V.M. 2008: Present knowledge of the Trogidae of Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Revista chilena de entomología, 34: 11–28. PDF
  • Strümpher, W.P. et al. 2014: Phylogeny of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data. Systematic entomology 39(3): 548-562. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12074 Reference page. 
  • Zídek, J. 2013: Checklist and bibliography of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Insecta mundi, (0314) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Erdkäfer
English: hide beetles
한국어: 송장풍뎅이과
lietuvių: Smiltvabaliai
norsk: Knokkelbiller
русский: Падальники
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