Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a hide beetle)

Interactions where Trox scaber is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
feeds on dead debris of carcass CHORDATA vertebrates Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Trogidae/Trox scaber/Trox scabera hide beetle Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Chordata/Chordatavertebratesdebriscarcass
feeds on animal debris prey debris in nest AVES birds Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Trogidae/Trox scaber/Trox scabera hide beetle Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Avesbirdsprey debris in nest
feeds on animal debris prey debris of nest Major STRIGIFORMES owls Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Trogidae/Trox scaber/Trox scabera hide beetle Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Strigiformes/Strigiformesowlsprey debrisnestMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Jessop, L., 1986Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Trox scaber (a hide beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Trox scaber (a hide beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrox scaber (a hide beetle)
GenusTrox (hide beetles)
FamilyTROGIDAE (hide beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Trox scaber (a hide beetle)

Trox scaber (a hide beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trox scaber (a hide beetle):

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