Geotrupes germari Heer 1862 (earth-boring dung beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Full reference: O. Heer. 1862. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna Oeningens: Coleoptera. Geodephagen, Hydrocanthariden, Gyriniden, Brachelytren, Clavicornen, Lamellicornen und Buprestiden. Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem 16(2):1-90

Belongs to Geotrupes according to O. Heer 1862

Sister taxa: Geotrupes atavus, Geotrupes jiaoyanshanense, Geotrupes messelensis, Geotrupes rottensis, Geotrupes vetustus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Zurich collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Oeningen (Zurich collection)

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