Geotrupinae

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Geotrupinae
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Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Geotrupidae
Subfamily: Geotrupinae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes
Synonyms [1]
  • Lethrinae Oken, 1843

Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are more than 30 genera and 450 described species in Geotrupinae. [1] [2] [3]

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Geotrupes

Genera

These 31 genera belong to the subfamily Geotrupinae:

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Copris remotus is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bolboceratinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

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References

  1. 1 2 "Geotrupinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.

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