Geotrupes Latreille 1796 (earth-boring dung beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Synonym: Obitiscarabaeus Hong 1984

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1796. Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes Disposés dans un Ordre Naturel 1-201

Parent taxon: Geotrupini according to P. G. Allsopp and P. Schoolmeesters 2026

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Hong 1984, Krell 2000, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Meunier 1921, Statz 1952 and Zhang 1989

Sister taxa: Ceratophyus, Parageotrupes

Subtaxa: Geotrupes atavus Geotrupes germari Geotrupes jiaoyanshanense Geotrupes messelensis Geotrupes rottensis Geotrupes vetustus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

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

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

• Eocene of Germany (1)

Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences

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