Peltotrupes youngi
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| Peltotrupes youngi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Genus: | Peltotrupes |
| Species: | P. youngi |
| Binomial name | |
| Peltotrupes youngi Howden, 1955 | |
Peltotrupes youngi, known generally as Young's deep digger scarab, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family Geotrupidae. Other common names include the ocala burrowing scarab and ocala deep digger scarab beetle.[1][2][3] It is endemic to Florida scrubs in Marion and Putnam counties in Florida.[4]