Talk:Trogidae

message: I found some larvae which seem to be hide beetles, but I'm not sure.  Are these pictures good enough to place them in the family?  Unfortunately the camera I have access to doesn't have a good macro function. --Slashme 07:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Larvae: Pictures

message: Hey guys! I just wanted to let you all know about the Wikispecies project []. Your article fits in with their project, so look into it. ABrundage, Texas A&M University (talk) 20:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikispecies

message: Hey guys! I notice you've got some warning banners on your page--what is being done to take care of these? Make sure you document your changes and discuss things here on the talk page. ABrundage, Texas A&M University (talk) 20:59, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: What's being done?

message: If you could find any cases or real examples in which hide beetles were used forensically that would be really interesting and add a new dimension to the article. -Lauren  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Runwild2006 (talk • contribs) 02:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestion 

message: *The lead and main text says three Genera but the Infobox and species list says five.
*Is "Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm, 2003" a misplaced reference?
*I wikilinked Burmeister and Fabricius. Please check to make sure they are pointing to the correct people? Is Erichson Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson? If so, you can link that as well.
*"Ethopian area" could change to "Afrotropic ecozone" if they are the same thing. Same for South America and Neotropic ecozone. Is there a more specific area when you refer to "Southern" in the previous sentence?
*"beetles are found within the pellets of various animals". I suppose you are referring to Pellet (ornithology).
*Some prose and grammar issues. E.g. "Most common predator since they tend to invade nests as well are birds." and "Their head is bent down and covered by the pronotum"
*"Body 'goo'" needs clarification.
*Could use some pics of real hide beetles. Showing the described anatomy, differences between varieties, different life stages, maybe one in their natural habitat. You could look on Commons or flicker by-2.0 and by-sa-2.0.
--Dodo bird (talk) 10:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your input, we realize that this is just one small part of forensic entomology but we believe that it is strong enough to stand on its own. There are other entomology pages that exist that include some of the things that you pointed out, such as the History of forensic entomology Thanks for taking the time to read our article! --Cal101387 (talk) 03:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I removed several parts that referenced another family of beetles. Additional references may actually be about Dermestidae, for instance the 'bones stripped bare' one about museums cleaning bones. I shortened the sentences about ommatidia but they could be removed if no citation is inserted. I don't understand what ommatidia have to do with the placement of Trogidae as its own family or as subfamily of Scarabaeidae. The expansion of this article appears to be part of a class project from 2008, so I hope the contributors can return to clarify these points and add more necessary citations.
Nucleotide (talk) 09:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: references to Dermestidae not Trogidae, ommatidia

message: This article is borderline C-class; the only reason I've labeled it as start is the citation missing tags. However, it's clearly no longer a stub given both its length and depth of content. Gug01 (talk) 03:08, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Reassessment