- Title
- Overview and revision of the extant genera and subgenera of Trogidae (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea).
- Creator
- Strümpher, Werner P, Villet, Martin H, Sole, Catherine L, Scholtz, Clarke H
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- text
- Type
- book chapter
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442743
- Identifier
- vital:74029
- Identifier
- ISBN
- Identifier
- https://brill.com/view/journals/ise/47/1/article-p53_4.xml
- Description
- Extant genera and subgenera of the Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) are reviewed. Contemporary classifications of this family have been based exclusively on morphological characters. The first molecular phylogeny for the family recently provided strong support for the relationships between morphologically defined genera and subgenera. On the basis of morphological, molecular and biogeographical evidence, certain taxonomic changes to the genus-level classification of the family are now proposed. The family is confirmed as consisting of two subfamilies, Omorginae Nikolajev and Troginae MacLeay, the former with two genera, Omorgus Erichson and Polynoncus Burmeister, and the latter with two genera, Trox Fabricius and Phoberus MacLeay stat. rev. Phoberus is restored to generic rank to include all Afrotropical (including Madagascan endemic) species; Afromorgus is confirmed at subgeneric rank within the genus Omorgus ; and the monotypic Madagascan genus Madagatrox syn. n. is synonymised with Phoberus. The current synonymies of Pseudotrox Robinson (with Trox ), Chesas Burmeister, Lagopelus Burmeister and Megalotrox Preudhomme de Borre (all with Omorgus ) are all accepted to avoid creating speculative synonyms before definitive phylogenetic evidence is available.
- Format
- 19 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Brill
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Strümpher, W.P., Villet, M.H., Sole, C.L. and Scholtz, C.H., 2016. Overview and revision of the extant genera and subgenera of Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 47(1), pp.53-82
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