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Geotrupes

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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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotrupes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4994125	https://www.gbif.org/species/4994125
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	71902	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71902

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : Geotrupes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Holometabola
-	Aparaglossata
-	Coleopterida	Kukalová-Peck and Lawrence 2004
order	Coleoptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Polyphaga	Emery 1886
infraorder	Scarabaeiformia	Crowson 1960
superfamily	Scarabaeoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Geotrupidae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Geotrupinae	Latreille 1802
tribe	Geotrupini	Latreille 1802
genus	Geotrupes	Latreille 1796

Scientific Name

Geotrupes Latreille, 1796

Name Published In

Latreille, Pierre A. 1796. Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel. Prévôt, Paris.: i–xiii; 1–201;.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Coleoptera	stated with evidence	Latreille, 1796
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Eleuterata	stated with evidence	Fabricius, 1798
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Geotrupini	stated with evidence	Latreille, 1802
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Scarabaeidae	stated with evidence	Meunier, 1921
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Geotrupini	stated with evidence	Statz, 1952
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Geotrupidae	stated with evidence	Zhang, 1989
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Geotrupinae	stated with evidence	Krell, 2000
Geotrupes	genus	belongs to Geotrupini	stated with evidence	Bouchard et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (14%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Latreille. 1796. Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes Disposés dans un Ordre Naturel

Common Name(s)

Mestkevers

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotrupes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Geotrupes atavus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Geotrupes baicalicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes cnefosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes corinthius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes douei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes folwarcznyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes genestieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes germari ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	12.7 Ma Miocene	12.7 Ma Miocene
Geotrupes ibericus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes kashmirensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes koltzei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes lenardoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes martensi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes messelensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Geotrupes mutator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes olgae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes rottensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Geotrupes ruficornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes spiniger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes splendidulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes stellosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes stercorarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes thoracinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geotrupes vetustus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Obitiscarabaeus jiaoyanshanense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Obitiscarabaeus Hong, 1983	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : *Obitiscarabaeus*
Stereopyge Costa, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : *Stereopyge*
Streopuge Costa, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : *Streopuge*
Canthotrupes Jekel, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : *Canthotrupes*
Melanotrupes Blanchard, 1888	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : *Melanotrupes*
Geotrypes Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Geotrupidae : *Geotrypes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1796	Geotrupes Latreille p. 6
1798	Geotrupes Fabricius p. 7
1802	Geotrupes Latreille p. 143
1921	Geotrupes Meunier p. 11
1952	Geotrupes Statz p. 7
1983	Obitiscarabaeus Hong pp. 5-6
1989	Geotrupes Zhang p. 152
2000	Geotrupes Krell p. 877
2011	Geotrupes Bouchard et al.

References

Latreille P. A. , Précis des Caractères Génériques des Insectes Disposés dans un Ordre Naturel, 1-201

Fabricius J. C. , Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae, 1-572

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

Meunier F. (1921) Die Insektenreste aus dem Lutetien von Messel bei Darmstadt, Abhandlungen der Hessischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Darmstadt 7, 2-15

Statz G. (1952) Fossile Mordellidae und Lamellicornia (Coleoptera) aus dem Oberoligozan von Rott, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 102, 1-17

Hong Y. C. (1983) Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang, Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 8, 1-15

Zhang J. F. (1989) , Fossil Insects From Shanwang, Shandong, China, 1-459

Krell F. T. (2000) The fossil record of Mesozoic and Tertiary Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga), Invertebrate Taxonomy 14, 871-905

Bouchard P., Bousquet Y., et al (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta), ZooKeys 88, 1-972

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Préc. Car. Ins. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gustafsson, B. (Col.) (2004) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm, Excelfil hämtad från http://www.nrm.se/en/catalogus.html.se. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Howden HF (1955) Biology and taxonomy of North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae, with revisions of the genera Bolbocerosoma, Eucanthus, Geotrupes, and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 151-319. - via Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 346 Designation, under the Plenary Powers, for the genus Geotrupes Latreille, 1796 (class Insecta, order Coleoptera) of a type species in harmony with current usage.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(13), 389-408 (1955) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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