Geotrupidae
Also known as: Dor Beetles, Earth-boring Beetles, Earth-boring Dung Beetle, Earth-boring Scarab Beetles, Gnojarzowate, Géotrupes, Les géotrupes, Mestkevers
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Coleoptera |
| Family | Geotrupidae |
| Published in | Latreille, P. A. (1802). Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliere des crustacés et des insectes. Paris 3:1-467 (139-159). https://archive.org/download/histoirenaturell34latr/histoirenaturell34latr.pdf |
| Habitat | TERRESTRIAL |
| Genera | 85 |
| Species records held | 1130 |
| Descendant taxa (GBIF) | 1384 |
| GBIF key | 8495 |
Genera in Geotrupidae
- Lethrus — 129 species: Lethrus acutangulus, Lethrus aequidentatus, Lethrus ahriman, Lethrus aktavicus, Lethrus andrejewae, Lethrus anisodon, Lethrus antovae, Lethrus appendiculatus
- Odontotrypes — 97 species: Odontotrypes abaensis, Odontotrypes anthracinus, Odontotrypes arnaudi, Odontotrypes baimaensis, Odontotrypes balangensis, Odontotrypes balthasari, Odontotrypes bhutan, Odontotrypes biconiferus
- Neoathyreus — 71 species: Neoathyreus accinctus, Neoathyreus acutus, Neoathyreus androsensis, Neoathyreus anfractus, Neoathyreus antennatus, Neoathyreus anthracinus, Neoathyreus apiculatus, Neoathyreus arribalzagai
- Phelotrupes — 68 species: Phelotrupes abei, Phelotrupes amethystinus, Phelotrupes annamiticus, Phelotrupes armatus, Phelotrupes auratus, Phelotrupes belousovi, Phelotrupes beuteli, Phelotrupes bicolor
- Australobolbus — 50 species: Australobolbus adamsi, Australobolbus allsoppi, Australobolbus arfakianus, Australobolbus aridulus, Australobolbus austrinus, Australobolbus bacchusi, Australobolbus basedowi, Australobolbus bihamus
- Athyreus — 46 species: Athyreus acuticornis, Athyreus aeneus, Athyreus alvarengai, Athyreus anneae, Athyreus armatus, Athyreus bellator, Athyreus biarmatus, Athyreus bicornus
- Bolbelasmus — 38 species: Bolbelasmus alutaceus, Bolbelasmus arcuatus, Bolbelasmus bajaensis, Bolbelasmus bocchus, Bolbelasmus bonariensis, Bolbelasmus brancoi, Bolbelasmus carinifrons, Bolbelasmus casanovaorum
- Bolboceras — 36 species: Bolboceras arunachalensis, Bolboceras berytensis, Bolboceras bicarinatum, Bolboceras bilaspuricans, Bolboceras birmanicum, Bolboceras bopdevense, Bolboceras consanguineum, Bolboceras corniculatum
- Blackbolbus — 31 species: Blackbolbus augustus, Blackbolbus bispinicollis, Blackbolbus brittoni, Blackbolbus carnabyorum, Blackbolbus contextus, Blackbolbus denticollis, Blackbolbus echinicollis, Blackbolbus falcatus
- Geotrupes — 30 species: Geotrupes atavus, Geotrupes baicalicus, Geotrupes castanipennis, Geotrupes corinthius, Geotrupes crenulipennis, Geotrupes douei, Geotrupes egeriei, Geotrupes folwarcznyi
- Blackburnium — 29 species: Blackburnium acutipenne, Blackburnium ambiguum, Blackburnium angulicorne, Blackburnium aratum, Blackburnium barretti, Blackburnium brooksi, Blackburnium canningense, Blackburnium carpentariae
- Bolbochromus — 27 species: Bolbochromus catenatus, Bolbochromus celebensis, Bolbochromus dumogensis, Bolbochromus hirokawai, Bolbochromus jengi, Bolbochromus laetus, Bolbochromus lao, Bolbochromus lineatus
- Enoplotrupes — 27 species: Enoplotrupes annae, Enoplotrupes apatani, Enoplotrupes barmanicus, Enoplotrupes bieti, Enoplotrupes chaslii, Enoplotrupes crassicornis, Enoplotrupes frater, Enoplotrupes gansuensis
- Bolborhachium — 25 species: Bolborhachium anneae, Bolborhachium bainbridgii, Bolborhachium chelyum, Bolborhachium concavum, Bolborhachium coronatum, Bolborhachium dacoderum, Bolborhachium deceptum, Bolborhachium edithae
- Mimobolbus — 24 species: Mimobolbus ambiguus, Mimobolbus angolensis, Mimobolbus congolensis, Mimobolbus decoratus, Mimobolbus decorsei, Mimobolbus dorsualis, Mimobolbus endroedyyoungai, Mimobolbus fulvus
- Thorectes — 24 species: Thorectes armifrons, Thorectes asperifrons, Thorectes banghaasi, Thorectes baraudi, Thorectes coiffaiti, Thorectes coloni, Thorectes demoflysi, Thorectes ferreri
- Bolbapium — 23 species: Bolbapium baeri, Bolbapium bigibbosum, Bolbapium boillyi, Bolbapium borgmeieri, Bolbapium caesum, Bolbapium dutraorum, Bolbapium furtadoi, Bolbapium howdeni
- Bolbocaffer — 22 species: Bolbocaffer caffrum, Bolbocaffer consocium, Bolbocaffer cycloidum, Bolbocaffer disparile, Bolbocaffer exasperans, Bolbocaffer gautieri, Bolbocaffer indigum, Bolbocaffer innotandum
- Jekelius — 21 species: Jekelius albarracinus, Jekelius bahilloi, Jekelius balearicus, Jekelius brullei, Jekelius castillanus, Jekelius catalonicus, Jekelius chalconotus, Jekelius chersinus
- Bolbaffer — 17 species: Bolbaffer abditus, Bolbaffer abyssinicus, Bolbaffer barbatus, Bolbaffer bidenticollis, Bolbaffer bremeri, Bolbaffer coriaceus, Bolbaffer dudleyi, Bolbaffer gigas
- Odonteus — 15 species: Odonteus alabamensis, Odonteus armiger, Odonteus cornigerus, Odonteus darlingtoni, Odonteus falli, Odonteus filicornis, Odonteus floridensis, Odonteus gandhara
- Bolbohamatum — 14 species: Bolbohamatum achanakmarini, Bolbohamatum calanus, Bolbohamatum cyclops, Bolbohamatum drescheri, Bolbohamatum kuijteni, Bolbohamatum laevicolle, Bolbohamatum laterale, Bolbohamatum marginale
- Bolboleaus — 14 species: Bolboleaus froggatti, Bolboleaus hiaticollis, Bolboleaus houstoni, Bolboleaus ingens, Bolboleaus mimus, Bolboleaus parvicollis, Bolboleaus propinquus, Bolboleaus quadriarmigerus
- Ceratophyus — 14 species: Ceratophyus alloini, Ceratophyus amdoensis, Ceratophyus dauricus, Ceratophyus gopherinus, Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi, Ceratophyus kabaki, Ceratophyus maghrebinicus, Ceratophyus martinezi
- Bolbocerosoma — 13 species:
- Bolbogonium — 13 species:
- Gilletinus — 12 species:
- Pseudoathyreus — 11 species:
- Stenaspidius — 10 species:
- Bolborhinum — 9 species:
- Chelotrupes — 9 species:
- Cnemotrupes — 9 species:
- Onthotrupes — 9 species:
- Bolboceratex — 8 species:
- Bolboceratops — 8 species:
- Bolbocerodema — 7 species:
- Trypocopris — 7 species:
- Bolbaffroides — 6 species:
- Elephastomus — 6 species:
- Geotrupoides — 6 species:
- Parathyreus — 6 species:
- Bolborhombus — 5 species:
- Eucanthus — 5 species:
- Mycotrupes — 5 species:
- Bolbocerastes — 4 species:
- Ceratotrupes — 4 species:
- Eubolbitus — 4 species:
- Zefevazia — 4 species:
- Anoplotrupes — 3 species:
- Bradycinetulus — 3 species:
- Meridiobolbus — 3 species:
- Namibiobolbus — 3 species:
- Namibiotrupes — 3 species:
- Silphotrupes — 3 species:
- Cretogeotrupes — 2 species:
- Frickius — 2 species:
- Geohowdenius — 2 species:
- Halffterobolbus — 2 species:
- Haplogeotrupes — 2 species:
- Megatrupes — 2 species:
- Peltotrupes — 2 species:
- Pereirabolbus — 2 species:
- Prototrupes — 2 species:
- Allotrypes — 1 species:
- Amberathyreus — 1 species:
- Baraudia — 1 species:
- Bolbobaineus — 1 species:
- Bolboceroides — 1 species:
- Bolbothyreus — 1 species:
- Bolbotrypes — 1 species:
- Ceratrotupes — 1 species:
- Cretobolbus — 1 species:
- Halffterius — 1 species:
- Lithogeotrupes — 1 species:
- Orrhodomala — 1 species:
- Parabolbapium — 1 species:
- Parageotrupes — 1 species:
- Parathorectes — 1 species:
- Pseudotrypocopris — 1 species:
- Renaudtrupes — 1 species:
- Sericotrupes — 1 species:
- Socotrabolbus — 1 species:
- Somalobolbus — 1 species:
- Taurocerastes — 1 species:
- Zuninoeus — 1 species:
Source and Attribution
Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.