Trox atrox LeConte, 1854

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 : 8

Trox atrox LeConte, 1854

Vaurie 1958; Zidek 2013; ISIC; UMRC; DAVC; ELFC; PKLC.

Collection dates: April–July.

Collected at lights, in carrion baited pitfall, under leaves old animal burrow in sandy soil, and sifted from sandy soil from within animal burrow.

Specimen label data: Ames , Story Co., Iowa, 1 May 1937, Norval Baker ( ISIC) ; Denison , Crawford Co., Iowa, June 1949, C. and P. Vaurie ( Vaurie 1958) ; Algona , Kossuth Co., Iowa, 23 May 1958, light, [no collector] ( UMRC) ; Hitaga Sand Prairie , Linn Co., Iowa, 17 April 2005 [1], 30 April 2007 [5], sifting through sand and leaves at entrance of old mammal burrow, DAV ( DAVC) ; Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 4 June 2006, UV light, DAV ( DAVC) .

County records ( Figure 17 ): Crawford, Dickinson, Fremont, Kossuth, Linn, Mills, Monona, Osceola, Story.

Figures

Figures 10–17. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 10) Eucanthus lazarus (Fabricius, 1775). 11) Geotrupes blackburneus excrementi Say, 1823. 12) Geotrupes horni Blanchard, 1888. 13) Geotrupes opacus Haldeman, 1853. 14) Geotrupes semiopacus Jekel, 1865. 15) Geotrupes splendidus (Fabricius, 1775). 16) Trox aequalis Say, 1831.