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

Species

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Geotrupes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Geotrupes". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ^ a b "Geotrupes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ^ a b "Geotrupes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ^ "Geotrupes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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