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''Mycotrupes'' is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 5 described species in ''Mycotrupes''.


Species

* '' Mycotrupes cartwrighti'' Olson & Hubbell, 1954 * '' Mycotrupes gaigei'' Olson & Hubbell, 1954 (North peninsular mycotrupes beetle) * '' Mycotrupes lethroides'' (Westwood, 1837) * '' Mycotrupes pedester'' Howden, 1954 * '' Mycotrupes retusus'' (LeConte, 1866) (sandhills earth boring scarab beetle)


References


Further reading

* Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. * * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Geotrupidae {{Beetle-stub