Geotrupidae
Earth-boring scarab beetles
- Frickius
- Taurocerastes
- Anoplotrupes
- Ceratotrupes
- Chromogeotrupes
- Geotrupes
- Mycotrupes
- Typhoeus
- Lethrus
Note: this taxon list is still under construction. It does not yet contain all known Geotrupidae subgroups.
References
Bertone, M., J. Green, S. Washburn, M. Poore, C. Sorenson, and D. W. Watson. 2005. Seasonal activity and species composition of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Geotrupidae) inhabiting cattle pastures in North Carolina. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(3):309-321.
Errouissi, F., P. Jay-Robert, J.-P. Lumaret, and O. Piau. Composition and structure of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae, Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) assemblages in mountain grasslands of the southern Alps. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(4):701-709.
Jameson, M. L. 2002. Geotrupidae Latreille 1802. Chapter 29 in American Beetles. Volume 2. R. H. Arnett, M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 861 pp.
Lawrence, J. F. and A. F. Newton. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes and references, and data on family-group names). Pages 779-1006 in Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Pakaluk, J. and Slipinski, S. A., eds. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warsaw.
Verdú, J. R., E. Galante, J.-P. Lumaret, and F. J. Cabrero-Sañudo. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Geotrupidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) based on larvae. Systematic Entomology 29(4):509–523.
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