Geotrupes blackburnii

Geotrupes blackburnii, or Blackburn's earth boring beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family Geotrupidae.[1][2]

Geotrupes blackburnii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Geotrupidae
Genus: Geotrupes
Species:
G. blackburnii
Binomial name
Geotrupes blackburnii
(Fabricius, 1781)

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Geotrupes blackburnii:

  • Geotrupes blackburnii blackburnii (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Geotrupes blackburnii excrementi Say, 1823

References

  1. "Geotrupes blackburnii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.


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