Geotrupes (from Greek 'earth-boring') is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 30 described species in Geotrupes.
Species
These 31 species belong to the genus Geotrupes:
- Geotrupes atavus <small>Oustalet, 1874</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes baicalicus <small>Reitter, 1892</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes balyi <small>Jekel, 1865</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i g b</sup></span> (Baly's earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes blackburnii <small>(Fabricius, 1781)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i b</sup></span> (Blackburn's earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes cavicollis <small>Bates, 1887</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i</sup></span>
- Geotrupes corinthius <small>Fairmaire, 1886</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes douei <small>Gory, 1841</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes egeriei <small>Germar, 1824</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i b</sup></span> (Eger's earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes folwarcznyi <small>Cervenka, 2005</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes genestieri <small>Boucomont, 1904</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes germari <small>Heer, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes hornii <small>Blanchard, 1888</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i g b</sup></span> (Horn's earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes ibericus <small>Baraud, 1958</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes jakowlewi <small>(Semenov, 1891)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c</sup></span>
- Geotrupes kashmirensis <small>Sharp, 1878</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes koltzei <small>Reitter, 1892</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes lenardoi <small>Petrovitz, 1973</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes meridionalis <small>(Palisot De Beauvois, 1805)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes messelensis <small>Meunier, 1921</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes mutator <small>(Marsham, 1802)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes olgae <small>Olsoufieff, 1918</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes opacus <small>Haldeman, 1853</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i b</sup></span> (opaque earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes rottensis <small>Statz, 1952</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes semiopacus <small>Jekel, 1865</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i b</sup></span>
- Geotrupes spiniger <small>(Marsham, 1802)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes splendidulus <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes splendidus<span style="color:gray"><sup> g b</sup></span> (splendid earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes stercorarius <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span> (dor beetle)
- Geotrupes thoracinus <small>(Palisot De Beauvois, 1805)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
- Geotrupes ulkei <small>Blanchard, 1888</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i g b</sup></span> (Ulke's earth boring beetle)
- Geotrupes vetustus <small>Germar, 1837</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> c g</sup></span>
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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