Geotrupes

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

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

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. Archived from the original on 2022-07-09. 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

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Geotrupes at Wikimedia Commons