Termitotrox (lat.) - a genus of termite-phyllous lamellar beetles from the subfamily Termitotroginae . About 10 species. Tropical Africa and South and Southeast Asia . Small beetles, as a rule, are brown (from red-brown to black), 1-3 mm in length. Eyes and wings are missing. Antennae 9-segmented with 3-segmented mace. Hips and coxae wide. Paws of the middle and back pair of legs are short, consist of 5 segments [2] [3] .
| Termitotrox |
Termitotrox cupido |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Hoard : | Insects with full transformation |
| Suborder : | Polyphagous beetles |
| Infrastructure : | Scarabaeiformia Crowson, 1960 |
| Subfamily : | Termitotroginae Wasmann, 1918 |
| Tribe : | Termitotrogini Wasmann, 1918 |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 [1] |
| Synonyms |
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- Aphodiocopris Arrow, 1920
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Obligatory termitophiles living inside termite mounds of mushroom-breeding termites from the Termitidae family ( Macrotermitinae : Odontotermes Holmgren, 1912 and Protermes Holmgren, 1910 ). The grooves and grooves on the wrinkled body are filled with hard-to-remove microparticles of soil, which indicates their living conditions. Larval stages were not detected [2] .
11 species. Previously, the genus Termitotrox and the tribe Termitotrogini were assigned to the subfamily Aphodiinae [4] , now they are considered to be separate from the aphodyin monotypic subfamily Termitotroginae [2] [3] , or even isolated in the independent family Termitotrogidae [5] [6] . The phylogenetic position of Termitotrox inside Scarabaeidae remains unclear [3] .
- Termitotrox ancoroides (Petrovitz 1956) - Africa
- Termitotrox consobrinus Reichensperger, 1915 - South Africa [1] typus
- Termitotrox cupido Maruyama, 2012 - Cambodia [3]
- Termitotrox kenyensis Paulian, 1985 - Kenya [7]
- Termitotrox maynei Reichensperger, 1956 - Africa
- Termitotrox minutus (Arrow, 1920) - India
- Termitotrox monodi Paulian, 1947 - Ivory Coast [7]
- Termitotrox permirus Wasmann , 1918 - India
- Termitotrox turkanicus Krikken, 2008 - Kenya [2]
- Termitotrox usambaricus Krikken, 2008 - Tanzania [2]
- Termitotrox vanbruggeni Krikken, 2008 - Kenya [2]
- Termitotrox venus Kakizoe & Maruyama, 2015 - Cambodia
- ↑ 1 2 Reichensperger, A. Myrmekophilen und Termitophilen aus Natal und Zululand gesammek von Dr. I. Tragardh (Eng.) // Meddelanden fran Goceborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. - 1915. - Vol. 5 - P. 1-20 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Krikken J. Blind, flightless termitophiles of the genus Termitotrox in East Africa: three new species with a generic review (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Termitotroginae) (Eng.) // Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. - Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 2008. - Vol. 151 . - P. 65-75 . - ISSN 0040-7496 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Maruyama, M. Termitotrox cupido sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new termitophilous scarab species from the Indo-Chinese subregion, associated with Hypotermes termites (English) // ZooKeys. - Pensoft Publishers, 2012 .-- Vol. 254 . - P. 89–97 . - ISSN 1313-2970 . doi: 10.3897 / zookeys.254.4285 [Text with photos]
- ↑ Scholtz, CH & VV Grebennikov. 2005. 12. Scarabaeiformia Crowson, I960. 13. Scarabaeoidea Lacreille, 1802. - Handbuch der Zoologie (4) 38: 345-429.
- ↑ Dellacasa, M. 1988. Contribution to a world-wide catalog of Aegialiidae, Aphodiidae, Aulonocnemidae, Termitotrogidae (Coleopcera Scarabaeoidea). - Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 66: 1-456.
- ↑ Eol.org: Termitotrogidae
- ↑ 1 2 Paulian, R. 1947. Un Termitotrox (Col. Scarabaeidae) de Cote d'lvoire. - Bulletin de la Soriece Encomologique de France 1947: 134-136.
- Krikken J. Blind, flightless termitophiles of the genus Termitotrox in East Africa: three new species with a generic review (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Termitotroginae) (English) // Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. - Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 2008. - Vol. 151 . - P. 65-75 . - ISSN 0040-7496 .
