Geotrupes

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Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Geotrupes
Scientific classification Edit this 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

These 31 species belong to the genus Geotrupes:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

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