Ceratophyus
Genus of beetles
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Ceratophyus is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in Ceratophyus.[1][2][3]
| Ceratophyus | |
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| Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Geotrupinae |
| Genus: | Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 |
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Ceratophyus:
- Ceratophyus alloini Prunier, Tauzin & Rosset, 2016
- Ceratophyus dauricus (Jekel, 1865)
- Ceratophyus gopherinus Cartwright, 1966 (gopher beetle)
- Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi (Fairmaire, 1856)
- Ceratophyus kabaki Nikolajev, 2007
- Ceratophyus maghrebinicus Hillert & Kral, 2013
- Ceratophyus martinezi Lauffer, 1909
- Ceratophyus mesasiaticus Medvedev & Nikolajev, 1974
- Ceratophyus polyceros (Pallas, 1771)
- Ceratophyus rossii (Jekel, 1865)
- Ceratophyus schaffrathi Hillert & Kral, 2013
- Ceratophyus sinicus Zunino, 1973
- Ceratophyus sulcicornis (Fairmaire, 1887)
- †Ceratophyus yatagaii
