''Peltotrupes'' 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 two described species in ''Peltotrupes''.
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Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Peltotrupes'':
* '' Peltotrupes profundus'' (Howden, 1952) (Florida deepdigger scarab)
* '' Peltotrupes youngi'' Howden, 1955 (Young's deepdigger scarab)
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Geotrupidae
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