| Mycotrupes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Geotrupinae |
| Genus: | Mycotrupes |
Mycotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 5 described species in Mycotrupes.
Species
- Mycotrupes cartwrighti Olson & Hubbell, 1954
- Mycotrupes gaigei Olson & Hubbell, 1954 (North peninsular mycotrupes beetle)
- Mycotrupes lethroides (Westwood, 1837)
- Mycotrupes pedester Howden, 1954
- Mycotrupes retusus (LeConte, 1866) (sandhills earth boring scarab beetle)
References
- "Mycotrupes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- "Mycotrupes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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| Mycotrupes | |
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