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Geotrupinae

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Geotrupinae
Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Geotrupidae
Subfamily: Geotrupinae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes
Synonyms[1]
  • Lethrinae Oken, 1843

Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are more than 30 genera and 450 described species in Geotrupinae.[1][2][3]

Geotrupes

Genera

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These 31 genera belong to the subfamily Geotrupinae:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Geotrupinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  2. ^ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

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