Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles 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 ...

. There are more than 30 genera and 450 described species in Geotrupinae. Geotrupes P1140057a

Genera

These 31 genera belong to the subfamily Geotrupinae: * '' Allotrupes'' François, 1904 * ''

Anoplotrupes ''Anoplotrupes'' is a genus of earth-boring dung beetles belonging to the family Geotrupidae subfamily Geotrupinae Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are more than 30 genera and 450 descr ...

'' Jekel, 1865 * ''

Ceratophyus ''Ceratophyus'' is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Ceratophyus''. Species These 13 species belong to the genus ''Ceratophyus'': * ''Ceratophyus alloini'' Prunier, Tauzi ...

Fischer von Waldheim Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Фи́шер фон Ва́льдгейм, translit=Grigórij Ivánovič Fíšer fon Vál'dgejm; 13 October 1771 – 18 October 1853) was a Saxon anatomist, entomol ...

, 1823 * '' Ceratotrupes'' Jekel, 1865 * '' Chelotrupes'' Jekel, 1866 * '' Cnemotrupes'' Jekel, 1866 * '' Enoplotrupes'' Lucas, 1869 * '' Epigeotrupes'' Bovo & Zunino, 1983 * '' Geohowdenius'' Zunino, 1984 * ''

Geotrupes ''Geotrupes'' (from Greek 'earth-boring') is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 30 described species in ''Geotrupes''. Species These 31 species belong to the genus ''Geotrupes'': * '' Geotrupe ...

'' Latreille, 1796 * '' Geotrupoides'' Handlirsch, 1906 * '' Glyptogeotrupes'' Nikolaev, 1979 * '' Halffterius'' Zunino, 1984 * '' Haplogeotrupes'' Nikolaev, 1979 * '' Jekelius'' Lopez-Colon, 1989 * '' Lethrus''

Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Au ...

, 1777 * '' Megatrupes'' Zunino, 1984 * ''

Mycotrupes ''Mycotrupes'' is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles 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 comm ...

'' LeConte, 1866 * '' Odontotrypes'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Onthotrupes'' Howden, 1964 * '' Peltotrupes''

Blanchard Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word ''blanchart'' which meant "whitish, bordering upon white". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse. Geographical distribution As of 2014, ...

, 1888 * '' Phelotrupes'' Jekel, 1866 * '' Pseudotrypocopris'' Mikšic, 1954 * '' Sericotrupes'' Zunino, 1984 * '' Thorectes'' Mulsant, 1842 * '' Trypocopris''

Motschulsky Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky (sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, russian: link=no, Виктор Иванович Мочульский, 11 April 1810, in St. Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in ...

, 1859 * '' Typhaeus'' Leach, 1815 * '' Zuninoeus'' López-Colón, 1989 * † '' Cretogeotrupes'' Nikolajev, 1992 * † '' Lithogeotrupes'' Nikolajev, 2008 * † '' Parageotrupes'' Nikolajev & Ren, 2010

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* * Geotrupidae {{Beetle-stub

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