Ceratophyus is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in Ceratophyus.[1][2][3]
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| Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Geotrupinae |
| Genus: | Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 |
Species
editThese 13 species belong to the genus Ceratophyus:
- Ceratophyus alloini Prunier, Tauzin & Rosset, 2016
- Ceratophyus dauricus (Jekel, 1865)
- Ceratophyus gopherinus Cartwright, 1966 (gopher beetle)
- Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi (Fairmaire, 1856)
- Ceratophyus kabaki Nikolajev, 2007
- Ceratophyus maghrebinicus Hillert & Kral, 2013
- Ceratophyus martinezi Lauffer, 1909
- Ceratophyus mesasiaticus Medvedev & Nikolajev, 1974
- Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771)
- Ceratophyus rossii (Jekel, 1865)
- Ceratophyus schaffrathi Hillert & Kral, 2013
- Ceratophyus sinicus Zunino, 1973
- Ceratophyus sulcicornis (Fairmaire, 1887)
- †Ceratophyus yatagaii
References
edit- ^ "Ceratophyus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Ceratophyus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Ceratophyus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
edit- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links
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