Geotrupidae
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Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Geotrupidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Coleoptera – earth-boring dung beetles, dor beetles.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Staphyliniformia – infraorder; Scarabaeoidea – superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Geotrupinae, Taurocerastinae – currently accepted subfamilies; Bolboceratinae – formerly accepted as subfamily, now family Bolboceratidae in superfamily Scarabaeoidea
- Ceratotrupini, Enoplotrupini, Geotrupini, Lethrini, †Cretogeotrupini – tribes in Geotrupinae
- Allotrypes, Anoplotrupes, Baraudia, Ceratophyus, Ceratotrupes, Chelotrupes, Cnemotrupes, Cretogeotrupes, Enoplotrupes, Geohowdenius, Geotrupes, Halffterius, Haplogeotrupes, Jekelius, Lethrus, Megatrupes, Mycotrupes, Odontotrypes, Onthotrupes, Phelotrupes, Peltotrupes, Pseudotrypocopris, Sericotrupes, Silphotrupes, Thorectes, Trypocopris, Typhaeus, Zuninoeus; Frickius, Taurocerastes – genera
- Ceratotrupini, Enoplotrupini, Geotrupini, Lethrini, †Cretogeotrupini – tribes in Geotrupinae
References
Geotrupidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Geotrupidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Geotrupidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Geotrupidae at World Register of Marine Species
- Geotrupidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Geotrupidae at the Catalogue of Life
- Geotrupidae at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Geotrupidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Geotrupidae available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Geotrupidae at Paleobiology Database
