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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Earth-Boring Scarab Beetles (Geotrupidae) » Geotrupinae » Geotrupes » Dor Beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius)

Species Geotrupes stercorarius - Dor Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Geotrupes stercorarius Scarab UID - Geotrupes stercorarius Geotrupes stercorarius 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
22‒26 mm(1)
Range
native to Eurasia (widespread), adventive in NA (NF‒QC‒ME)(1)
Life Cycle
larval stage takes 12‒13 months(2)
Remarks
our only representative of the nominal subgenus that contains ~15‒16 spp.
earliest NA record: ME 1959(1)
Works Cited
1.Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea]
Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE. 2017. Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1‒215.
2.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 8 June, 2006 - 3:02pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 10 October, 2024 - 7:27pm

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