Trox hispidus

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: Trogidae
Subfamilia: Troginae
Genus: Trox
Subgenus: Trox (Granulitrox)

Species: Trox hispidus

Subspecies: T. h. hispidus – T. h. niger
Name

Trox hispidus Pontoppidan, 1763
References

Trox hispidus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea

Trox hispidus is a beetle of the family Trogidae.[1]

Subspecies

Trox hispidus hispidus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Trox hispidus mixtus Harold, 1872

Description

Trox hispidus can reach a length of 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in).[2] The dorsal surface is convex and very rough, with ridges and tubercles, dark brown in color. On the body and legs this species has pale yellowish-white bristles.[3]
Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe.[4] These very rare beetles can be found in nests of birds of prey.[3]
References

Biolib
Beetles and Coleopterologists
EB Britton - 2012 Handbooks for the identification of british insects

Fauna europaea

Pittino, R. 1991. On some Palaearctic "taxa" allied to Trox hispidus (Pontoppidan), with a brachypterous new species from Italy, Malta, Crete and the Balkan Peninsula (Coleoptera Trogidae) (XXXIV contribution to the knowledge of Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea). Boll. Ass. romana Ent. Roma 45 (1-4): 57-87