Trox variolatus Melsheimer, 1846

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 10

Trox variolatus Melsheimer, 1846

Vaurie 1958; ISIC; WCIC; DAVC; ELFC; PKLC; MJPC.

Collection dates: March–June.

Specimens were collected on carnivore dung and owl pellets.

Specimen label data: Wickiup Hill Nature Area , Linn Co., Iowa, 25 March 2004 [6], carnivore dung, DAV ( DAVC) ; Sharon Bluffs State Park , Appanoose Co., Iowa, 16 April 2004 [2], under owl pellets, DAV, ELF ( DAVC, ELFC) ; Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 16 April 2004, dung, ELF ( ELFC) .

County records ( Figure 28 ): Allamakee, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Clayton, Dallas, Decatur, Fayette, Fremont, Hardin, Lee, Linn, Madison, Pottawattamie, Story.

Omorgus Erichson, 1847

Figures

Figures 26–33. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 26) Trox tuberculatus (DeGeer, 1774). 27) Trox unistriatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1818. 28) Trox variolatus Melsheimer, 1846. 29) Omorgus asper LeConte, 1854. 30) Omorgus monachus (Herbst, 1790). 31) Omorgus punctatus (Germar, 1824). 32) Omorgus scabrosus (Palisot de Beauvois,