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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 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 char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anoplotrupes Stercorosus
''Anoplotrupes stercorosus'', the dor beetle, is a species of earth-boring dung beetles, dung beetle belonging to the family Geotrupidae, subfamily Geotrupinae. Varieties Varieties or forms that have been recognized at times include the following: *''A. stercorosus'' var. ''viridis'' (Dalla Torre, 1879) *''A. stercorosus'' var. ''amoethystinus'' (Mulsant, 1842) *''A. stercorosus'' var. ''nigrinus'' (Mulsant, 1842) *''A. stercorosus'' ab. ''juvenilis'' (Mulsant, 1842) These are now regarded as synonyms of the parent taxon; the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature does not recognize named forms other than subspecies. Distribution This beetle is present throughout most of Europe and in Asia. It is also found in other regions of the world where cattle have been introduced, such as Australia. Habitat These beetles inhabit fresh areas of Deciduous, broadleaf forests, mainly beech forests; moist mixed forest; and fresh Pinophyta, coniferous forests. Description The adults ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dung Beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces, that subfamily is often dubbed ''true dung beetles''. There are dung-feeding beetles which belong to other families, such as the Geotrupidae (the ''earth-boring dung beetle''). The Scarabaeinae alone comprises more than 5,000 species. As they do not belong to a single group sharing a common ancestor, there is a diversity in the behavior of dung beetles, including the iconic dung-rolling behavior revered by Ancient Egyptians as Khepri rolling the sun across the sky. Taxonomy Dung beetles are not a single taxonomic group (they are not monophyletic); dung feeding is found in a number of families of beetles, so the behaviour cannot be assumed to have evolved only once. Below is the taxonomy of beetles, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geotrupinae
Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are more than 30 genera and 450 described species in Geotrupinae. Genera These 31 genera belong to the subfamily Geotrupinae: * '' Allotrypes'' François, 1904 * '' Anoplotrupes'' Jekel, 1865 * '' Ceratophyus'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 * '' Ceratotrupes'' Jekel, 1865 * '' Chelotrupes'' Jekel, 1866 * '' Cnemotrupes'' Jekel, 1866 * '' Enoplotrupes'' Lucas, 1869 * '' Epigeotrupes'' Bovo & Zunino, 1983 * '' Geohowdenius'' Zunino, 1984 * ''Geotrupes'' Latreille, 1796 * '' Geotrupoides'' Handlirsch, 1906 * '' Glyptogeotrupes'' Nikolaev, 1979 * '' Halffterius'' Zunino, 1984 * '' Haplogeotrupes'' Nikolaev, 1979 * '' Jekelius'' Lopez-Colon, 1989 * '' Lethrus'' Scopoli, 1777 * '' Megatrupes'' Zunino, 1984 * '' Mycotrupes'' LeConte, 1866 * '' Odontotrypes'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Onthotrupes'' Howden, 1964 * '' Peltotrupes'' Blanchard, 1888 * '' Phelotrupes'' Jekel, 1866 * '' Pseudotrypocopris'' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allotrypes
''Allotrypes mandibularis'' is a species of earth-boring dung beetles belonging to the family 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 t ..., and the sole member of the genus ''Allotrypes''; the genus name has often been misspelled as ''Allotrupes''.Ruiz, J.L. (2000) ''Bolbelasmus bocchus'' (Erichson, 1841) y ''Allotrypes mandibularis'' (Reitter, 1896); nuevos registros Marroquies (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 27: 74-75. This species occurs in the Mediterranean region. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q18588022, from2=Q2358600 Geotrupidae Scarabaeoidea genera Monotypic Scarabaeiformia genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anoplotrupes
''Anoplotrupes'' is a genus of earth-boring dung beetles belonging to the family Geotrupidae subfamily Geotrupinae. Species Species within this genus include: *'' Anoplotrupes balyi'' (Jekel, 1866) *'' Anoplotrupes hornii'' (Blanchard, 1888) *''Anoplotrupes stercorosus ''Anoplotrupes stercorosus'', the dor beetle, is a species of earth-boring dung beetles, dung beetle belonging to the family Geotrupidae, subfamily Geotrupinae. Varieties Varieties or forms that have been recognized at times include the follow ...'' (Hartmann in L.G. Scriba, 1791) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2852320 Geotrupidae Scarabaeoidea genera Taxa named by Henri Jekel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceratophyus
''Ceratophyus'' is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Ceratophyus''. Species These 13 species belong to the genus ''Ceratophyus'': * '' Ceratophyus alloini'' Prunier, Tauzin & Rosset, 2016 * '' Ceratophyus dauricus'' (Jekel, 1865) * '' Ceratophyus gopherinus'' Cartwright, 1966 (gopher beetle) * '' Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi'' (Fairmaire, 1856) * '' Ceratophyus kabaki'' Nikolajev, 2007 * ''Ceratophyus maghrebinicus'' Hillert & Kral, 2013 * ''Ceratophyus martinezi'' Lauffer, 1909 * ''Ceratophyus mesasiaticus'' Medvedev & Nikolajev, 1974 * ''Ceratophyus polyceros'' (Pallas, 1771) * ''Ceratophyus rossii'' (Jekel, 1865) * ''Ceratophyus schaffrathi'' Hillert & Kral, 2013 * ''Ceratophyus sinicus'' Zunino, 1973 * ''Ceratophyus sulcicornis'' (Fairmaire, 1887) * †''Ceratophyus yatagaii ''Ceratophyus'' is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geotrupes Egeriei
''Geotrupes egeriei'', or Eger's earth boring beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family 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 t .... References Further reading * Geotrupidae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1824 {{geotrupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolboceratidae
Bolboceratidae is a family of beetle. It was historically treated as a subfamily of the earth-boring dung beetles, or "dor beetles" (family Geotrupidae), but has been considered a separate family by many authors since 1995. Some recent classifications have persisted in treating bolboceratids as a subfamily (e.g.) but these classifications are contradicted by recent phylogenetic studies of relationships indicating that bolboceratids are not closely related to geotrupids (e.g., that bolboceratids are more closely related to Pleocomidae and Passalidae). Genera * '' Athyreus'' * '' Australobolbus'' * '' Blackbolbus'' * '' Blackburnium'' * '' Bolbaffer'' * '' Bolbaffroides'' * '' Bolbelasmus'' * '' Bolbobaineus'' * '' Bolbocaffer'' * '' Bolbocerastes'' * '' Bolboceratex'' * '' Bolboceratops'' * '' Bolbocerodema'' * '' Bolboceroides'' * '' Bolbocerosoma'' * '' Bolbochromus'' * '' Bolbogonium'' * '' Bolbohamatum'' * '' Bolboleaus'' * '' Bolborhachium'' * '' Bolborhinum'' * '' Bolborho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stridulation
Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mechanism is typically that of one structure with a well-defined lip, ridge, or nodules (the "scraper" or ''plectrum'') being moved across a finely-ridged surface (the "file" or ''stridulitrum''—sometimes called the ''pars stridens'') or vice versa, and vibrating as it does so, like the dragging of a phonograph needle across a vinyl record. Sometimes it is the structure bearing the file which resonates to produce the sound, but in other cases it is the structure bearing the scraper, with both variants possible in related groups. Common onomatopoeic words for the sounds produced by stridulation include ''chirp'' and ''chirrup''. Arthropod stridulation Insects and other arthropods stridulate by rubbing together two parts of the body. These a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jekel
Henri Jekel (September 21, 1816, Paris - August 4, 1891) was a French coleopterist. Life and work Jekel ran a natural history items and books store in Paris. In 1849 he wrote a revision of the work ''Genera et species Curculionidarum'' by the Swedish entomologist Carl Johan Schönherr. From 1854 to 1859 he self-published the three-volume work ''Fabricia entomologica''. In the following years he wrote a large number of specialist articles for various journals of entomological societies, including the first description of the giraffe neck beetle from Madagascar in 1860. In total, Jekel described over 550 taxa, 367 of which are still valid today. These include genera and species from the beetle families Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Curculionidae and Geotrupidae. Genera described are Lasiorhynchites, Conothorax, Chelotrupes, Balanobius, Donus, Eudmetus, Elytroxys and Entomops. In 1855 he published the first part of ''Insecta Saundersiana or characters of undescribed insects i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
