''Anoplotrupes'' is a genus of earth-boring

dung beetles 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 Scara ...

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 ...

subfamily

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'' Françoi ...

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