Genus of beetles
Geotrupes Greek 'earth-boring') is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the familyGeotrupidae . There are at least 30 described species inGeotrupes .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Geotrupes stercorarius These 31 species belong to the genusGeotrupes :
Geotrupes atavus Oustalet, 1874 c g Geotrupes baicalicus Reitter, 1892 c g Geotrupes balyi Jekel, 1865 i g b Geotrupes blackburnii (Fabricius, 1781) i b Geotrupes cavicollis Bates, 1887 i Geotrupes corinthius Fairmaire, 1886 c g Geotrupes douei Gory, 1841 c g Geotrupes egeriei Germar, 1824 i b 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 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 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 Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b Geotrupes thoracinus (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805) c g Geotrupes ulkei Blanchard, 1888 i g b Geotrupes vetustus Germar, 1837 c g Data sources: i = ITIS,[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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