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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » subgenus Cnemotrupes (Geotrupes subgenus Cnemotrupes) » Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle (Geotrupes blackburnii)

Species Geotrupes blackburnii - Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii Geotrupes b. blackcurnii ? - Geotrupes blackburnii January dung beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii Geotrupes ? - Geotrupes blackburnii scarab - Geotrupes blackburnii Scarab beetle? - Geotrupes blackburnii Scarab Beetle - Geotrupes? - Geotrupes blackburnii
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
No Taxon (subgenus Cnemotrupes)
Species blackburnii (Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Geotrupes (Cnemotrupes) blackburnii (Fabricius 1781)
Size
10‒20 mm(1)
Identification
elytral suture illustrated in (1)
Range
e. US (VT‒FL to IL‒TX)(2)
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 6 April, 2005 - 7:17am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 October, 2023 - 4:28pm

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