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Species Geotrupes stercorarius - Dor Beetle

unknown large beetle - Geotrupes stercorarius

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Geotrupidae (Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Geotrupinae

Genus Geotrupes

Species stercorarius (Dor Beetle)

Other Common Names

Dumble Dor, Clock, Lousy Watchman

Explanation of Names

Geotrupes (Geotrupes) stercorarius (Linnaeus 1758)

Size

16‒25 mm(1)

Range

native to Eurasia (widespread)(1), adventive in NA (NF‒QC to ...)(2)

Life Cycle

larval stage takes 12‒13 months(1)

Remarks

our only representative of the nominal subgenus that contains ~15‒16 spp.

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 June, 2006 - 3:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 October, 2023 - 5:00pm

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