Family Geotrupidae Latreille 1802 (earth-boring dung beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. 3:1-467

Parent taxon: Scarabaeoidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Aliscarabaeus, Alloioscarabaeidae, Ateuchites, Belohinidae, Bolboceratidae, Ceafornotensis, Copris subterraneus, Cretaclopus, Cretonitis, Diphyllostomatidae, Geotrupoides, Glaphyridae, Glaresidae, Gymnopleurus deperditus, Holcorobeini, Holcorobeus, Hongscarabaeus, Hybosoridae, Hybosorites, Juraclopus, Lucanidae, Mahengea, Mesaclopus, Mesoscarabaeus, Mongolrobeus, Ochodaeidae, Onthophagus urusheeri, Opiselleipon, Passalidae, Passalopalpidae, Pleocomidae, Prionocephale, Prophaenognatha, Scarabaeidae, Scelocopris, Septiventeridae, Trogidae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (5 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of China (2), Germany (1), Greece (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (2)

• Eocene of Germany (4)

• Cretaceous of China (2), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences

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