Biology:Peltotrupes
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Subfamily: | Geotrupinae |
| Genus: | Peltotrupes Blanchard, 1888 |
Peltotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least two described species in Peltotrupes.[1][2][3]
Species
These two species belong to the genus Peltotrupes:
- Peltotrupes profundus (Howden, 1952) (Florida deepdigger scarab)
- Peltotrupes youngi Howden, 1955 (Young's deepdigger scarab)
References
- ↑ "Peltotrupes Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=929663. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Peltotrupes". https://www.gbif.org/species/1071220. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Peltotrupes genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/39972. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q14868849 entry
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