| Ceratophyus | |
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| Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Geotrupinae |
| Genus: | Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 |
Ceratophyus is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in Ceratophyus. [1] [2] [3]
These 13 species belong to the genus Ceratophyus:
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