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. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Fabricius 1798, Hong 1984, Krell 2000, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Meunier 1921, Statz 1952 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Geotrupes atavus Geotrupes germari Geotrupes jiaoyanshanense Geotrupes messelensis Geotrupes rottensis Geotrupes vetustus
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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