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Subfamily Geotrupinae

6014366 - Geotrupes semiopacus Beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii Beetle - Geotrupes blackburnii Geotrupes egeriei - female Geotrupes ? - Geotrupes blackburnii Peltotrupes profundus - female Geotrupes blackburnii from burrow under pony dung - 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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nearctic fauna treated in(1)
Numbers
17 spp. in 4 genera in our area (Geotrupes, 9 spp., NA except far west; Mycotrupes, 5 spp., se. US; Peltotrupes, 2 spp., FL; Ceratophyus, a single species, CA)(1)
Works Cited
1.Biology and taxonomy of North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae, with revisions of the genera....
H.F. Howden. 1955. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 104(3342): 151-319, plates 1-18.