Geotrupes

Geotrupes
Geotrupes stercorarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Geotrupidae
Tribe: Geotrupini
Genus: Geotrupes
Latreille, 1796
Species

Some species:

  • Geotrupes blackburnii
  • Geotrupes mutator
  • Geotrupes spiniger
  • Geotrupes splendidus - golden scarab
  • Geotrupes stercorarius
  • Geotrupes vernalis

Geotrupes (from Greek 'earth-boring') is a genus of dor beetles and the type genus of its tribe.

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