Species Trox atrox

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Works Cited

Trox atrox - specimen# SM0348130 - Trox atrox

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Trogidae (Hide Beetles)

Genus Trox (Hide Beetles)

Species atrox (Trox atrox)

Explanation of Names

Trox atrox LeConte 1854

Size

6.0‒8.7 mm(1)

Range

NA west of the Mississippi River to ON‒MI‒IN(1)(2)

Habitat

under carrion, owl pellets, and feathers in bird/mammal nests(3)

Season

Adults active spring and summer(3)

Works Cited

1.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

2.	Bousquet Y., ed. (1991) Checklist of the beetles of Canada and Alaska

3.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 2 July, 2009 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 9 December, 2023 - 5:34pm

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