Geotrupinae

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Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are more than 30 genera and 450 described species in Geotrupinae.[1][2][3]

Geotrupes
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Geotrupinae
Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Geotrupidae
Subfamily: Geotrupinae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes
  • Ceratotrupini Zunino, 1984
  • Enoplotrupini Paulian, 1945
  • Geotrupini Latreille, 1802
  • Lethrini Oken, 1843
  • Cretogeotrupini Nikolajev, 1996
Synonyms[1]
  • Lethrinae Oken, 1843
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Genera

These 31 genera belong to the subfamily Geotrupinae:

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