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Geotrupini (earth-boring dung beetle)
Taxonomy
Geotrupini was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.
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) and Cai et al. (2022).
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) and Cai et al. (2022).
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) and Cai et al. (2022).
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) and Cai et al. (2022).
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. |
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