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Geotrupinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Geotrupidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Geotrupinae Latreille p. 142
1995Geotrupinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Geotrupinae Krell p. 877
2010Geotrupinae Nikolajev and Ren p. 673
2011Geotrupinae Bouchard et al.
2022Geotrupinae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyGeotrupidae()
subfamilyGeotrupinae
subfamilyGeotrupinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Geotrupinae Latreille 1802
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G. Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim 1823
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Ceratophyus yatagaii Aiba and Král 2023
Tr. †Cretogeotrupini Nikolajev 1996
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G. †Cretogeotrupes Nikolajev 1992
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Cretogeotrupes convexus Nikolajev 1992
Cretogeotrupes nodusus Hong and Wang 1990
Tr. Geotrupini Latreille 1802
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G. Geotrupes Latreille 1796
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Geotrupes atavus Oustalet 1874
Geotrupes germari Heer 1862
Geotrupes messelensis Meunier 1921
Geotrupes rottensis Statz 1952
Geotrupes vetustus Germar 1837
Invalid names: Obitiscarabaeus Hong 1984 [synonym]
G. †Lithogeotrupes Nikolajev 2008
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Lithogeotrupes confusus Nikolajev 2008
G. †Parageotrupes Nikolajev and Ren 2010
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Parageotrupes incanus Nikolajev and Ren 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 130.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45China (Liaoning) Parageotrupes incanus (123472)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Geotrupoides sulcatus (105536) Lithogeotrupes confusus (106103)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Shandong) Geotrupoides nodusus (154887)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Geotrupes messelensis (120036) Geotrupinae indet. (120798)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Geotrupes vetustus (115802)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Geotrupes sp a, Geotrupes sp b, Geotrupes rottensis (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-Du-Rhone) Geotrupes atavus (122501)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Geotrupes atacus (122487)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Geotrupes sp. (130761)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Obitiscarabaeus jiaoyanshanense (128550)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Geotrupes germari (117252)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Geotrupes sp. (153617)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Geotrupes sp. (164901)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Geotrupes sp. (165715)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Ceratophyus yatagaii (194482)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Geotrupes sp. (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Geotrupes sp. (166082)