# Termitotrox

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**Termitotroginae** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) subfamily of the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae), the scarab beetles. The only genus in the subfamily is ***Termititrox***. A second genus, *Aphodiocopris*, Arrow, 1920, has been [synonymised](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) with *Termitotrox*. All known members of this subfamily are tiny, blind and flightless, and are [termitophiles](/source/Termitophile), dwelling within the fungal gardens of colonies of species of [termite](/source/Termite) in Africa or tropical Asia.

Termitotrogins are characterised by having no eyes and no wings, and their pronotum and elytra have a distinctive patterning of ribs and grooves. The function of the beetles in the termite colony is unclear but it seems that they are likely to be obligatory termitophiles and somehow play an important role in the nest environment of their fungus-growing hosts.[1]

## Species

The following [species](/source/Species) are included in the genus *Termitotrox*:[1]

- *[Termitotrox ancoroides](/source/Termitotrox_ancoroides)* (Petrovitz, 1956) – Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- *[Termitotrox consobrinus](/source/Termitotrox_consobrinus)* Reichensperger, 1915 – Republic of South Africa and KwazuluNatal
- *[Termitotrox cupido](/source/Termitotrox_cupido)* Maruyama, 2012 - Cambodia [2]
- *[Termitotrox kenyensis](/source/Termitotrox_kenyensis)* Paulian, 1985 – Kenya
- *[Termitotrox maynei](/source/Termitotrox_maynei)* Reichensperger, 1956 – Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- *[Termitotrox minutus](/source/Termitotrox_minutus)* (Arrow, 1920) – India
- *[Termitotrox monodi](/source/Termitotrox_monodi)* Paulian, 1947 – Ivory Coast
- *[Termitotrox permirus](/source/Termitotrox_permirus)* Wasmann, 1918 – India
- *[Termitotrox turkanicus](/source/Termitotrox_turkanicus)* Krikken, 2008 – Kenya
- *[Termitotrox usambaricus](/source/Termitotrox_usambaricus)* Krikken, 2008 – Tanzania
- *[Termitotrox vanbruggeni](/source/Termitotrox_vanbruggeni)* Krikken, 2008 – Kenya

## References

1. Krikken, J. (2008). "Blind, flightless termitophiles of the genus *Termitotrox* in East Africa: three new species with a generic review (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Termitotroginae)". *Tijdschrift voor Entomologie*. **151**: 65–75. [doi:10.1163/22119434-900000251](https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-900000251). [ISSN 0040-7496](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0040-7496)

1. Maruyama, Munetoshi (2012). "*Termitotrox cupido* sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new termitophilous scarab species from the Indo-Chinese subregion, associated with *Hypotermes* termites". *ZooKeys*. '***(254): 89–97. [Bibcode:2012ZooK..254...89M](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ZooK..254...89M). [doi:10.3897/zookeys.254.4285](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.254.4285). [PMC 3561921](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561921). [PMID 23378817](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23378817)***

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