
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Geotrupidae
Subfamiliae: Bolboceratinae –
Geotrupinae –
Taurocerastinae
Genera (76 + 6†): Allotrupes – †Amberathyreus – Anoplotrupes – Athyreus – Australobolbus – Blackbolbus – Blackburnium – Bolbaffer – Bolbaffroides – Bolbelasmus – Bolbobaineus – Bolbocaffer – Bolboceras – Bolbocerastes – Bolboceratex – Bolboceratops – Bolbocerodema – Bolboceroides – Bolbocerosoma – Bolbochromus – Bolbogonium – Bolbohamatum – Bolboleaus – Bolborhachium – Bolborhinum – Bolborhombus – Bolbothyreus – Bolbotrypes – Bradycinetulus – Ceratophyus – Ceratotrupes – Chelotrupes – Cnemotrupes – †Cretobolbus – †Cretogeotrupes – Elephastomus – Enoplotrupes – Epigeotrupes – Eubolbitus – Eucanthus – Frickius – Geohowdenius – Geotrupes – †Geotrupoides – Gilletinus – Glyptogeotrupes – Halffterius – Halffterobolbus – Haplogeotrupes – Jekelius – Lethrus – †Lithogeotrupes – Megatrupes – Meridiobolbus – Mimobolbus – Mycotrupes – Namibiobolbus – Namibiotrupes – Neoathyreus – Odonteus – Odontotrypes – Onthotrupes – Parabolbapium – †Parageotrupes – Parathyreus – Peltotrupes – Pereirabolbus – Phelotrupes – Prototrupes – Pseudoathyreus – Pseudotrypocopris – Sericotrupes – Silphotrupes – Socotrabolbus – Somalobolbus – Stenaspidius – Taurocerastes – Thorectes – Trypocopris – Typhaeus – Zefevazia – Zuninoeus
Name
Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802
Synonymy
- Bolboceratidae Mulsant, 1842
References
Primary references
- Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
Additional references
- Bezděk, A.; Hájek, J. 2009: Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page.
- Scholtz, C.H.; Browne, D.J. 1996: Polyphyly in the Geotrupidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): a case for a new family. Journal of natural history, 30: 597–614. DOI: 10.1080/00222939600770311
- Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF
- Verdú, J.R.; Galante, E.; Lumaret, J.-P.; Cabrero-Sañudo, F.J. 2004: Phylogenetic analysis of Geotrupidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) based on larvae. Systematic entomology, 29: 509–523. DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00256.x
- Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006
ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p.84
Links
- Australian Faunal Directory (Bolboceratidae)
- Australian Faunal Directory (Geotrupidae)
- Geotrupidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
- Browne, D. Jonathan and Clarke H. Scholtz. 1995. Bolboceratidae. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project
- Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Geotrupidae. Earth-boring scarab beetles. Version 03 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
- Atlas of earth-boring dung beetles (Geotrupidae) of Russia
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Mistkäfer
English: earth-boring dung beetles, earth-boring scarab beetles
français: Les géotrupes
日本語: センチコガネ科
Nederlands: Mestkevers
norsk: Tordivler
русский: Жуки-землерои
中文: 糞金龜科
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