Termitotrox

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Termitotroginae
Genus: Termitotrox
Species (12): T. ancoroides – T. consobrinus – T. cupido – T. kenyensis – T. maynei – T. minutus – T. monodi – T. permirus – T. turkanicus – T. usambaricus – T. vanbruggeni – T. venus
Name

Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915

Type species: Termitotrox consobrinus Reichensperger, 1915
Synonyms

Aphodiocopris Arrow, 1920. Type species: Aphodiocopris minutus Arrow, 1920

Termitotrox cupido

References

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. PDF