Peltotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least two described species in Peltotrupes.[1][2][3]
| Peltotrupes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Geotrupinae |
| Genus: | Peltotrupes Blanchard, 1888 |
Species
editThese two species belong to the genus Peltotrupes:
- Peltotrupes profundus (Howden, 1952) (Florida deepdigger scarab)
- Peltotrupes youngi Howden, 1955 (Young's deepdigger scarab)
References
edit- ^ "Peltotrupes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Peltotrupes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Peltotrupes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
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.