Geotrupes

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]

Geotrupes stercorarius

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

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Geotrupes:

  • Geotrupes atavus Oustalet, 1874 c g
  • Geotrupes baicalicus Reitter, 1892 c g
  • Geotrupes balyi Jekel, 1865 i g b (Baly's earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes blackburnii (Fabricius, 1781) i b (Blackburn's earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes cavicollis Bates, 1887 i
  • Geotrupes corinthius Fairmaire, 1886 c g
  • Geotrupes douei Gory, 1841 c g
  • Geotrupes egeriei Germar, 1824 i b (Eger's earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes folwarcznyi Cervenka, 2005 c g
  • Geotrupes genestieri Boucomont, 1904 c g
  • Geotrupes germari Heer, 1862 c g
  • Geotrupes hornii Blanchard, 1888 i g b (Horn's earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes ibericus Baraud, 1958 c g
  • Geotrupes jakowlewi (Semenov, 1891) c
  • Geotrupes kashmirensis Sharp, 1878 c g
  • Geotrupes koltzei Reitter, 1892 c g
  • Geotrupes lenardoi Petrovitz, 1973 c g
  • Geotrupes meridionalis (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) c g
  • Geotrupes messelensis Meunier, 1921 c g
  • Geotrupes mutator (Marsham, 1802) c g
  • Geotrupes olgae Olsoufieff, 1918 c g
  • Geotrupes opacus Haldeman, 1853 i b (opaque earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes rottensis Statz, 1952 c g
  • Geotrupes semiopacus Jekel, 1865 i b
  • Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802) c g
  • Geotrupes splendidulus (Fabricius, 1775) i g
  • Geotrupes splendidus g b (splendid earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b (dor beetle)
  • Geotrupes thoracinus (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) c g
  • Geotrupes ulkei Blanchard, 1888 i g b (Ulke's earth boring beetle)
  • Geotrupes vetustus Germar, 1837 c g

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

References

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

Further reading

  • Media related to Geotrupes at Wikimedia Commons


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