# Trox > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Trox > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Trox.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trox > Source revision: 1294926518 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) ***Trox*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [hide beetle](/source/Hide_beetle) in the subfamily [Troginae](/source/Troginae).[1] ## Taxonomy The [genus](/source/Genus) formerly included 160 species, but the [subgenera](/source/Subgenus) *[Phoberus](/source/Phoberus)* and *[Glyptotrox](/source/Glyptotrox)* have been elevated as their own separate genera, while various *Trox* species have been merged or otherwise combined, giving a considerably smaller genus.[2] The genus *Trox* now contains three subgenera - *Trox (Trox)*, *Trox (Niditrox)*, and *Trox (Granulitrox)* -, with the following species:[1][3][4][5] ### Subgenus *Trox* - *[Trox acanthinus](/source/Trox_acanthinus)* Harold, 1872 - *[Trox antiquus](/source/Trox_antiquus)* Wickham, 1909 - *[Trox cadaverinus](/source/Trox_cadaverinus)* Illiger, 1802 - *[Trox capillaris](/source/Trox_capillaris)* Say, 1824 - *[Trox contractus](/source/Trox_contractus)* Robinson, 1940 - *[Trox coracinus](/source/Trox_coracinus)* Gmelin, 1788 - *[Trox cretaceus](/source/Trox_cretaceus)* Nikolajev, 2007 - *[Trox floridanus](/source/Trox_floridanus)* Howden & Vaurie, 1957 - *[Trox gansuensis](/source/Trox_gansuensis)* Ren, 2003 - *[Trox gemmulatus](/source/Trox_gemmulatus)* Horn, 1874 - *[Trox horiguchii](/source/Trox_horiguchii)* Ochi & Kawahara, 2002 - *[Trox lama](/source/Trox_lama)* Pittino, 1985 - *[Trox lutosus](/source/Trox_lutosus)* (Marsham, 1802) - *[Trox maurus](/source/Trox_maurus)* Herbst, 1790 - *[Trox minutus](/source/Trox_minutus)* Nikolajev, 2008 - *[Trox mitis](/source/Trox_mitis)* Balthasar, 1933 - *[Trox oustaleti](/source/Trox_oustaleti)* Scudder, 1879 - *[Trox placosalinus](/source/Trox_placosalinus)* Ren, 2003 - *[Trox plicatus](/source/Trox_plicatus)* Robinson, 1940 - *[Trox robinsoni](/source/Trox_robinsoni)* Vaurie, 1955 - *[Trox sabulosus](/source/Trox_sabulosus)* (Linnaeus, 1758) - *[Trox setifer](/source/Trox_setifer)* [Waterhouse](/source/Frederick_George_Waterhouse), 1875 - *[Trox sibericus](/source/Trox_sibericus)* Nikolajev, 2007 - *[Trox sonorae](/source/Trox_sonorae)* LeConte, 1854 - *[Trox sordidus](/source/Trox_sordidus)* LeConte, 1854 - *[Trox stellatus](/source/Trox_stellatus)* Harold, 1872 - *[Trox striatus](/source/Trox_striatus)* [Melsheimer](/source/Frederick_Ernst_Melsheimer), 1846 - *[Trox torpidus](/source/Trox_torpidus)* Harold, 1872 - *[Trox tuberculatus](/source/Trox_tuberculatus)* [De Geer](/source/Charles_De_Geer), 1774 - [Trox unistriatus](/source/Trox_unistriatus) Palisot de Beauvois, 1818 - *[Trox ussuriensis](/source/Trox_ussuriensis)* Balthasar, 1931 - *[Trox variolatus](/source/Trox_variolatus)* Melsheimer, 1846 ### Subgenus *Niditrox* - *[Trox aequalis](/source/Trox_aequalis)* Say, 1831 - *[Trox affinis](/source/Trox_affinis)* Robinson, 1940 - *[Trox atrox](/source/Trox_atrox)* LeConte, 1854 - *[Trox eversmanni](/source/Trox_eversmanni)* Krynicky, 1832 - *[Trox fascifer](/source/Trox_fascifer)* LeConte, 1854 - *[Trox koreanus](/source/Trox_koreanus)* Kim, 1991 - *[Trox kyotensis](/source/Trox_kyotensis)* Ochi & Kawahara, 2000 - *[Trox laticollis](/source/Trox_laticollis)* LeConte, 1854 - *[Trox nohirai](/source/Trox_nohirai)* Nakane, 1954 - *[Trox perrisii](/source/Trox_perrisii)* Fairmaire, 1868 - *[Trox scaber](/source/Trox_scaber)* (Linnaeus, 1767) - *[Trox zoufali](/source/Trox_zoufali)* Balthasar, 1931 ### Subgenus *Granulitrox* - *[Trox aproximans](/source/Trox_aproximans)* Escalera, 1914 - *[Trox clathratus](/source/Trox_clathratus)* [Reiche](/source/Louis_J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Reiche), 1861 - *[Trox confluens](/source/Trox_confluens)* Wollaston, 1864 - *[Trox cotodognanensis](/source/Trox_cotodognanensis)* Compte, 1986 - *[Trox cribrum](/source/Trox_cribrum)* Gené, 1836 - *[Trox cyrenaicus](/source/Trox_cyrenaicus)* Pittino, 2011 - *[Trox elkantaraensis](/source/Trox_elkantaraensis)* Pittino, 2011 - *[Trox eximius](/source/Trox_eximius)* Faldermann, 1835 - *[Trox fabricii](/source/Trox_fabricii)* Reiche, 1853 - *[Trox granulipennis](/source/Trox_granulipennis)* Fairmaire, 1852 - *[Trox hispanicus](/source/Trox_hispanicus)* Harold, 1872 - *[Trox hispidus](/source/Trox_hispidus)* (Pontoppidan, 1763) - *[Trox iranicus](/source/Trox_iranicus)* Petrovitz, 1980 - *[Trox klapperichi](/source/Trox_klapperichi)* Pittino, 1983 - *[Trox leonardii](/source/Trox_leonardii)* Pittino, 1983 - *[Trox litoralis](/source/Trox_litoralis)* Pittino, 1991 - *[Trox martini](/source/Trox_martini)* Reitter, 1892 - *[Trox mixtus](/source/Trox_mixtus)* Harold, 1872 - *[Trox morticinii](/source/Trox_morticinii)* Pallas, 1781 - *[Trox niger](/source/Trox_niger)* [Rossi](/source/Pietro_Rossi_(scientist)), 1792 - *[Trox nodulosus](/source/Trox_nodulosus)* Harold, 1872 - *[Trox perlatus](/source/Trox_perlatus)* [Geoffroy](/source/%C3%89tienne_Louis_Geoffroy), 1762 - *[Trox quadrimaculatus](/source/Trox_quadrimaculatus)* Ballion, 1870 - *[Trox sordidatus](/source/Trox_sordidatus)* Balthasar, 1936 - *[Trox strandi](/source/Trox_strandi)* Balthasar, 1936 - *[Trox transversus](/source/Trox_transversus)* Reiche, 1856 ### *Incertae sedis* - *[Trox cricetulus](/source/Trox_cricetulus)* Ádám, 1994 ## References 1. ["Trox"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id7860/). BioLib. Retrieved December 27, 2021. 1. Nikolajev, G. V. (July 2016). ["Taxonomic composition of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of the Russian fauna"](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328116800). *Caucasian Entomological Bulletin*. **12** (1): 81–91. [doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2016-12-1-81-91](https://doi.org/10.23885/1814-3326-2016-12-1-81-91) 1. ["Subgenus *Trox*"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1661778/). BioLib. 1. ["Subgenus *Niditrox*"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1661777). BioLib. 1. ["Subgenus *Granulitrox*"](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1661776). BioLib. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Trox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trox) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trox?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.