Trogidae MacLeay 1819
| Main Authors: | Majka, Christopher G., Klimaszewski, Jan, Lauff, Randolph F. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2006
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5667428 |
Daftar Isi:
- Trogidae Trox aequalis Say is widely distributed throughout much of eastern and central North America south to northern Mexico (Vaurie 1955). In Canada it is found from Manitoba east to Nova Scotia (McNamara 1991). Species of Trox feed in situations where feathers or mammal hairs abound, either in the nests of birds, chiefly holenesting species such as owls, woodpeckers, and starlings (Sturnus vulgaris Linné), or in the nests of burrowing mammals, such as foxes, gophers, squirrels, mice, rats, rabbits, and badgers. Owl pellets are a good source of supply for some of the smaller species (Vaurie 1955). Trox aequalis has been found in a variety of nests of mammals and birds, such as crows, screech owls, barn owls (Tyto alba (Scopoli)), great horned owls (Bubo virginianus (Gmelin), buteos, turkey vultures (Cathartes aura Linné), starlings, and tufted titmice (Baeolophus bicolor (Linné)) (Robinson 1941), and in northern sawwhet owl nests (Phillips et al. 1983).
- Published as part of Majka, Christopher G., Klimaszewski, Jan & Lauff, Randolph F., 2006, New Coleoptera records from owl nests in Nova Scotia, Canada, pp. 33-47 in Zootaxa 1194 on page 43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2646209