Mycotrupes retusus is a species belonging to the family Geotrupidae ("earth-boring scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2] The species is generally known as the "sandhills earth boring scarab beetle".[3] It is found in North America.[2]
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| Mycotrupes retusus Le Conte, 1866
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References
edit- ^ "Mycotrupes retusus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Mycotrupes retusus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Mycotrupes retusus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.