Eger's Earth Boring Beetle
Geotrupes egeriei Germar, 182
Eger's Earth Boring Beetle: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/11220
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Often found around cattle (D. Price, pers. comm.). Larvae feed on old cow dung (BugGuide).

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Geotrupes egeriei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Geotrupidae
Genus: Geotrupes
Species:
G. egeriei
Binomial name
Geotrupes egeriei
Germar, 1824
Synonyms[1]
  • Geotrupes lecontei Jekel, 1865

Geotrupes egeriei, or Eger's earth boring beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family Geotrupidae.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Geotrupes egeriei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.