Geotrupes

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Geotrupes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Geotrupidae
Subfamily: Geotrupinae
Genus: Geotrupes
Latreille, 1797
Synonyms [1]
  • Melanotrupes Blanchard, 1888

Geotrupes (from Greek 'earth-boring') is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 30 described species in Geotrupes. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Geotrupes stercorarius
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Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Geotrupes:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geotrupes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Geotrupes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. 1 2 "Geotrupes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. 1 2 "Geotrupes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. "Geotrupes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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