Trox elkantaraensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

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

Familia: Trogidae
Subfamilia: Troginae
Genus: Trox
Subgenus: Trox (Granulitrox)
Species: Trox elkantaraensis

Name

• Trox elkantaraensis Pittino, 2011 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Trox
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated and presumably unique
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: author's collection
  • Type locality: 'Algeria, El-Kantara (Batna), 900 m'

References

• Pittino, R. 2011: Two new north African species of the genus Trox Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera Trogidae). Giornale italiano di entomologia, 12: 373–380. [Publication date: 'May 2011', sourced from first page of article]