Geotrupes Explained

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.

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Geotrupes:

• Geotrupes atavus Oustalet, 1874

^{c g}

• Geotrupes baicalicus Reitter, 1892

^{c g}

• Geotrupes balyi Jekel, 1865

^{i g b} (Baly's earth boring beetle)

• Geotrupes blackburnii (Fabricius, 1781)

^{i b} (Blackburn's earth boring beetle)

• Geotrupes cavicollis Bates, 1887

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• Geotrupes corinthius Fairmaire, 1886

^{c g}

• Geotrupes douei Gory, 1841

^{c g}

• Geotrupes egeriei Germar, 1824

^{i b} (Eger's earth boring beetle)

• 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} (Horn's earth boring beetle)

• 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} (opaque earth boring beetle)

• 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} (splendid earth boring beetle)

• Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

^{i c g b} (dor beetle)

• Geotrupes thoracinus (Palisot De Beauvois, 1805)

^{c g}

• Geotrupes ulkei Blanchard, 1888

^{i g b} (Ulke's earth boring beetle)

• Geotrupes vetustus Germar, 1837

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• Book: Blatchley . W.S.. 1910. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub..
• Bouchard . Patrice. Bousquet . Yves. Davies . Anthony E.. Alonso-Zarazaga . Miguel A.. Lawrence . John F.. Lyal . Chris H. C.. Newton . Alfred F.. Reid . Chris A. M.. Schmitt . Michael. Ślipiński . S. Adam. Smith . Andrew B. T.. 4. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88. 1–972. 1313-2989. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. 21594053. 3088472. free.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Riley . Edward G.. Wolfe . Charles S.. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

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