Accepted scientific name:
Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms:
Geotrupes bannani Bromfield, 1834 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes bannani Bromfield, 1834
Geotrupes chalybaeus Mulsant, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes chalybaeus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes exaratus Mulsant, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes exaratus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes fimicola Mulsant, 1855 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes fimicola Mulsant, 1855
Geotrupes intermedius Ferrari, 1852 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes intermedius Ferrari, 1852
Geotrupes juvencus Mulsant, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes juvencus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes koltzei Reitter, 1893 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes koltzei Reitter, 1893
Geotrupes punctatostriatus Stephens, 1830 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes punctatostriatus Stephens, 1830
Geotrupes putridarius Erichson, 1848 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes putridarius Erichson, 1848
Geotrupes putridarius Mulsant & Rey, 1871 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes putridarius Mulsant & Rey, 1871
Geotrupes quartanarius Costa, 1853 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes quartanarius Costa, 1853
Geotrupes subrugulosus Mulsant, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes subrugulosus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes subviolaceus Mulsant, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes subviolaceus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes virescens Mulsant, 1842 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes virescens Mulsant, 1842
Scarabaeus foveatus Marsham, 1802 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarabaeus foveatus Marsham, 1802
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Mestkever Dutch, Flemish Netherlands, Belgium
Pferd Dungkäfer German Germany, Austria Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Geotrupidae
Genus Geotrupes
Distribution: Palaearctic (Europe, Italy, Sicily, Yugoslavia, North Asia, Turkey)
Additional data: -
Source database: Scarabs, Jul 2010
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Schoolmeesters P., Jul-2010
Online resource:
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:d5ef91fa-2dc5-11e0-98c6-2ce70255a436:col20110201