GEOTRUPIDAE Latreille, 1802
(dumbledor beetles)

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Species 25 images
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Genus 2 subtaxa 5 images
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Species 35 images
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Species 30 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyGEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hackston, M. 2009 Geotrupidae key to British species http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/
in the field() Team DUMP Dung beetle UK mapping project dungbeetlemap.wordpress.com/

GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 26 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles)
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