Geotrupinae

Geotrupinae
Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Geotrupidae
Subfamily:
Latreille, 1802
Tribes
  • Ceratotrupini Zunino, 1984
  • Enoplotrupini Paulian, 1945
  • Geotrupini Latreille, 1802
  • Lethrini Oken, 1843
  • † Cretogeotrupini Nikolajev, 1996
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

These 31 genera belong to the subfamily Geotrupinae:

References

  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.

Further reading

  • Jameson, M.L. (2002). "Family 29: Geotrupidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 23–27. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
  • LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.