- Source: Geotrupidae
Geotrupidae (from Greek γῆ (gē), earth, and τρῡπητής (trȳpētēs), borer) is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. They are commonly called earth-boring dung beetles or dor beetles. Most excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs. They are typically detritivores, provisioning their nests with leaf litter (often moldy), but are occasionally coprophagous, similar to dung beetles. The eggs are laid in or upon the provision mass and buried, and the developing larvae feed upon the provisions. The burrows of some species can exceed 2 metres in depth.
A few species communicate by stridulation (rubbing body parts together to make sounds).
Classification
They were originally [when?] classified as the subfamily Geotrupinae in the family Scarabaeidae before being elevated to a family. Traditionally the family Bolboceratidae was included (as the subfamily Bolboceratinae) on the basis of the number of antenna segments, but examination of a different set of characteristics prompted Scholtz & Browne (1995) to elevate Bolboceratidae to a family, a result supported by recent phylogenetic research.
The family has more than 600 species in about 30 genera in two subfamilies; recent [when?] phylogenetic studies indicate that Taurocerastinae is not related to Geotrupinae, and is instead more closely related to Lucanidae and Diphyllostomatidae.
Geotrupinae
Allotrypes François, 1904 (= "Allotrupes" Boucomont, 1912)
Anoplotrupes Jekel, 1866
Baraudia López-Colón, 1996
Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823
Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865
Chelotrupes Jekel, 1866
Cnemotrupes Jekel, 1866
Cretogeotrupes Nikolajev, 1992
Enoplotrupes Lucas, 1869
Geohowdenius Zunino, 1984
Geotrupes Latreille, 1796
Halffterius Zunino, 1984
Haplogeotrupes Nikolaev, 1979
Jekelius López-Colón, 1989
Lethrus Scopoli, 1777
Megatrupes Zunino, 1984
Mycotrupes LeConte, 1866
Odontotrypes Fairmaire, 1887
Onthotrupes Howden, 1964
Phelotrupes Jekel, 1866
Peltotrupes Blanchard, 1888
Pseudotrypocopris Miksic, 1954
Sericotrupes Zunino, 1984
Silphotrupes Jekel, 1866
Thorectes Mulsant, 1842
Trypocopris Motschulsky, 1860
Typhaeus Leach, 1815
Zuninoeus López-Colón, 1989
Taurocerastinae
Frickius Germain, 1897
Taurocerastes Philippi, 1866
References
External links
D. Jonathan Browne and Clarke H. Scholtz, Bolboceratidae, from the Tree of Life
Key to the British species of family Geotrupidae
Video of Geotrupes from Hungary
UNL. Geotrupidae
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kumbang
- Cerambycidae
- Kumbang macan
- Hydrophilidae
- Nebria carbonaria
- Kumbang kentang Colorado
- Nebria angustula
- Buprestoidea
- Vesperidae
- Polyphaga
- Geotrupidae
- Scarabaeidae
- Dung beetle
- Beetle
- Thorectes hispanus
- Scarabaeoidea
- Bolbochromus lineatus
- Bolbelasmus minor
- Stridulation
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
