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Geotrupini (earth-boring dung beetle)
Taxonomy
Geotrupini was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Geotrupes.
It was corrected as Geotrupidae by Crowson (1981), Zhang (1989), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Wappler (2003), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Bai and Zhang (2017), Cai et al. (2022), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2026).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Zhang (1989); to Polyphaga by Wappler (2003); and to Scarabaeoidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Bai and Zhang (2017), Cai et al. (2022), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2026).
It was corrected as Geotrupidae by Crowson (1981), Zhang (1989), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Wappler (2003), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Bai and Zhang (2017), Cai et al. (2022), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2026).
It was assigned to Coleoptera by Zhang (1989); to Polyphaga by Wappler (2003); and to Scarabaeoidea by Crowson (1981), Lawrence and Newton (1995), Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Bouchard et al. (2011), Bai and Zhang (2017), Cai et al. (2022), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2026).
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-09-26; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-04-07
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Geotrupidae Crowson p. 695 |
| 1989 | Geotrupidae Zhang p. 425 |
| 1995 | Geotrupidae Lawrence and Newton, Jr. |
| 2000 | Geotrupidae Krell p. 877 |
| 2003 | Geotrupidae Wappler |
| 2007 | Geotrupidae Nikolajev p. 97 |
| 2011 | Geotrupidae Bouchard et al. |
| 2017 | Geotrupidae Bai and Zhang p. 158 |
| 2022 | Geotrupidae Cai et al. |
| 2026 | Geotrupidae Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 233 |
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