Geotrupes opacus

Geotrupes opacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Geotrupidae
Genus:Geotrupes
Species: G. opacus
Binomial name
Geotrupes opacus
Haldeman, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Geotrupes chevrolati Jekel, 1865
  • Geotrupes haldemani Jekel, 1865

Geotrupes opacus, the opaque earth boring beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family Geotrupidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Geotrupes opacus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Geotrupes opacus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Geotrupes opacus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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