''Mycotrupes'' is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles 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 ...
. There are at least 5 described species in ''Mycotrupes''.
Species
* ''
Mycotrupes cartwrighti
''Mycotrupes cartwrighti'' 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. ...
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Olson & Hubbell, 1954
* ''
Mycotrupes gaigei''
Olson & Hubbell, 1954 (North peninsular mycotrupes beetle)
* ''
Mycotrupes lethroides''
(Westwood, 1837)
* ''
Mycotrupes pedester''
Howden, 1954
* ''
Mycotrupes retusus''
(LeConte, 1866) (sandhills earth boring scarab beetle)
References
Further reading
* Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
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* Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Geotrupidae
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