The Hair Beetles (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Clarke H. Scholtz

Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Information about Beetles and their phylogenetic relationships can be obtained from the Coleoptera page of The Tree of Life.

Order: COLEOPTERA

Family: TROGIDAE

  1. Genus: Trox Fabricius 1775

      Subgenus: OMORGUS Erichson 1847

    1. T. squalidus Olivier
      Trox squalidus Olivier 1789: 12
      = Trox incultus Fahraeus 1857: 377
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Province, Northwest Province and Northern Cape, to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, east and west Africa; October to April.

    2. T. melancholicus Fahraeus
      Trox melancholicus Fahraeus 1857: 378
      = Trox larvatus Gerstaecker 1879: 34
      = Trox madagascariensis Fairmaire 1871: 34
      = Trox fenestrellus Balthasar 1939: 35
      Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province, to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, east and west Africa; November to February.

    3. T. zumpti Haaf
      Trox zumpti Haaf 1957: 692
      KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Northern Province, to Botswana and Namibia; July and December.

    4. T. mutabilis Haaf
      Trox mutabilis Haaf 1954: 376
      Northern Province, to east Africa; November to February.

    5. T. tuberosus Klug
      Trox tuberosus Klug 1855: 657
      = Trox raduloides Kolbe 1904: 292
      Mpumalanga and Northern Province, to Botswana, East Africa and Ethiopia; December to March.

    6. T. rusticus Fahraeus
      Trox rusticus Fahraeus 1857: 379
      = Trox damarinus Péringuey 1900: 469
      Free State, Northern Province and Northwest Province, to Zimbabwe and Namibia; November to February.

    7. T. radula Erichson
      Trox radula Erichson 1843: 235
      = Trox variolosus Fahraeus 1857: 378
      Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, Northern Province and Northwest Province, to Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Angola and East Africa; November to April.

    8. T. asperulatus Harold
      Trox asperulatus Harold 1872: 75
      Free State, Northwest Province and Northern Cape, to Namibia and Botswana; November to April.

    9. T. ponderosus Péringuey
      Trox ponderosus Péringuey 1900: 467
      KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province, to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and East Africa; October to February.

    10. T. unguicularis Haaf
      Trox unguicularis Haaf 1954: 369
      Northern Province, to Mozambique; November and December.

    11. T. freyi Haaf
      Trox freyi Haaf 1954: 370
      Northern Cape, to Namibia; October to February.

      Subgenus: PHOBERUS M'Leay 1819

    12. T. horridus Fabricius
      Trox horridus Fabricius 1775: 818
      = Scarabaeus pectinatus Pallas 1781: 10
      = Trox silphoides Thunberg 1787: 38
      Western Cape; April, July and October.

    13. T. aculeatus Harold
      Trox aculeatus Harold 1872: 37
      "Caffraria".

    14. T. brincki Haaf
      Trox brincki Haaf 1958: 475
      Lesotho; ?.

    15. T. nasutus Harold
      Trox nasutus Harold 1872: 34
      Western Cape; July.

    16. T. capensis Scholtz
      Trox capensis Scholtz 1979: 174
      Western Cape and Eastern Cape; July, August, November to February.

    17. T. natalensis Haaf
      Trox natalensis Haaf 1954: 97
      • Trox natalensis natalensis Haaf
        KwaZulu-Natal; November.
      • Trox natalensis quadricostatus Scholtz 1980: 72
        Mpumalanga; ?.
      • Trox natalensis schaborti Scholtz 1980: 72
        Mpumalanga; April.

      Subgenus: Trox

    18. T. rhyparoides Harold
      Trox rhyparoides Harold 1872: 32
      = Trox whiteheadi Wollaston 1877: 61
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern province; August, October to May.

    19. T. fasicularis Wiedemann
      Trox fasicularis Wiedemann 1821: 129
      • Trox fasicularis fasicularis Wiedemann
        Western Cape and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe; June September, October, December, April and May.
      • Trox fasicularis rowei Scholtz 1980: 78
        Free State, Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal; November, January and April.

    20. T. strigosus Haaf
      Trox strigosus Haaf 1953: 319
      Eastern Cape, Free State and Mpumalanga; October, November and March.

    21. T. nanniscus Péringuey
      Trox nanniscus Péringuey 1900: 458
      Eastern Cape; January to March, July.

    22. T. rudebecki Haaf
      Trox rudebecki Haaf 1958: 474
      Free State, Lesotho and KwaZulu-Natal; April, November and January.

    23. T. pencillatus Fahraeus
      Trox pencillatus Fahraeus 1857: 383
      Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province; August, November, December and May.

    24. T. arcuatus Haaf
      Trox arcuatus Haaf 1953: 323
      Eastern Cape; October, November and March.

    25. T. consimilis Haaf
      Trox consimilis Haaf 1953: 324
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, northern Province, Northwest Province and Northern Cape, to Namibia; October to April.

    26. T. levis Haaf
      Trox levis Haaf 1953: 325
      Free State and Northern Cape; ?.

    27. T. gunki Scholtz
      Trox gunki Scholtz 1980: 86
      Western Cape and Northern Cape; December to March.

    28. T. braaki Scholtz
      Trox braaki Scholtz 1980: 87
      Western Cape; March.

    29. T. talpa Fahraeus
      Trox talpa Fahraeus 1857: 380
      Western Cape, Free State and KwaZulu-Natal; November to March.

    30. T. sulcatus Thunberg
      Trox sulcatus Thunberg 1787: 38
      = Trox instabilis Haaf 1953: 331
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northern Province, Northwest Province and Northern Cape, to Zimbabwe and Namibia; August, September, November to February, April to May.

    31. T. squamiger Roth
      Trox squamiger Roth 1851: 133
      = Trox angulatus Fahraeus 1857: 381
      Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Northwest Province and Northern Province, to Zimbabwe, and East Africa; October to May.

    32. T. luridus Fabricius
      Trox luridus Fabricius 1781: 496
      Western Cape and Northern Cape, to Namibia; June, July and March.

    33. T. nama Kolbe
      Trox nama Kolbe 1908: 125
      Northern Cape, to Namibia; November.

    34. T. caffer Harold
      Trox caffer Harold 1872: 41
      • Trox caffer caffer Harold
        Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State and Northern Cape; June, November, December, February and April.
      • Trox caffer lilianae Scholtz 1980: 96
        Mpumalanga, to Zimbabwe and malawi; July, February and March.

    35. T. cyrtus Haaf
      Trox cyrtus Haaf 1953: 333
      = Trox fumarius Haaf 1953: 334
      Western Cape, Lesotho, Mpumalanga, Northwest Province and Northern Cape; June, July, October to December.

    36. T. planicollis Haaf
      Trox planicollis Haaf 1953: 337
      Eastern Cape, Free State, Lesotho and Northern Cape, to Zimbabwe; June, August, September, November and March.


  2. Genus: GLARESIS Erichson 1848: 925
    1. G. foveolata Scholtz
      Glaresis foveolata Scholtz 1983: 217
      Gauteng; November to January.

    2. G. impressicollis Petrovitz
      Glaresis impressicollis Petrovitz 1965: 157
      Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Northern Province and Northwest Province, to Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique; November to March.

    3. G. frustrata Scholtz
      Glaresis frustrata Scholtz 1983: 219
      Northern Cape; October.

    4. G. exasperata Scholtz
      Glaresis exasperata Scholtz 1983: 219
      Northern Cape, to Namibia; February and March.

    5. G. desperata Scholtz
      Glaresis desperata Scholtz 1983: 220
      Northern Province; March.



REFERENCES

Scholtz, C.H. 1980.
Monograph of the genus Trox F. (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of subsaharan Africa. Cimbebasia Memoir 4: 1-104.
Scholtz, C.H. 1983a.
A new species of Trox F. (Coleoptera: Trogidae) from Senegal with new distributional records for other African species. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 46: 205-208.
Scholtz, C.H. 1983b.
A review of the genus Glaresis Erichson (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of subsaharan Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 46: 209-225.

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