''Geotrupes blackburnii'', or Blackburn's earth boring beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family
Geotrupidae
Geotrupidae (from Greek γῆ ''(gē)'', earth, and τρῡπητής ''(trȳpētēs)'', borer) is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. They are commonly called earth-boring dung beetles or dor beetles. Most excavate burrows in which ...
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Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species ''Geotrupes blackburnii'':
* ''Geotrupes blackburnii blackburnii'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* ''Geotrupes blackburnii excrementi'' Say, 1823
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Geotrupidae
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Beetles described in 1781
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