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Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Kirby, W. (1818). A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown. Transactions of the Linnean Society. London 12(2):454-482. http://www.botanicus.org/botanicus8/b11918366/31753002433586/31753002433586.pdf

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Geotrupidae
genus
Geotrupes
species
Geotrupes stercorarius

Name

Synonyms
Geotrupes bannani Bromfield, 1834
Geotrupes chalybaeus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes exaratus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes fimicola Mulsant, 1855
Geotrupes foveatus (Marsham, 1802)
Geotrupes intermedius Ferrari, 1852
Geotrupes juvencus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes punctatostriatus Stephens, 1830
Geotrupes punstatostriatus Stephens, 1830
Geotrupes putridarius Erichson, 1848
Geotrupes stercorarius chalybaeus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes stercorarius exaratus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes stercorarius juvencus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes stercorarius quartanarius Costa, 1853
Geotrupes stercorarius subrugulosus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes stercorarius subviolaceus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes subrugulosus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes subviolaceus Mulsant, 1842
Geotrupes virescens Mulsant, 1842
Geotrypes stercorarius montanus Olsoufieff, 1918
Homonyms
Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Almindelig skarnbasse in Danish
Earth-boring dung beetle in English
Engtordivel in Norwegian
Fälttordyvel in Swedish
Gemeiner Mistkäfer in German
Gemeiner Mistkäfer in German
Mestkever in Dutch
Mestkever in Dutch
Møgbasse in Danish
Navadni govnač in Slovenian
Overdrevsskarnbasse in Danish
Pferd Dungkäfer in German
Pferd Dungkäfer in German
Skarnbasse in Danish
Sontiainen in Finnish
Stor skarnbasse in Danish
gewone mestkever, bosmestkever, paardenmestkever in Dutch
粪堆粪金龟 in Chinese
Dor Beetle in English
Gedoornde mestkever in Dutch
fälttordyvel in Swedish
ruovdegáranas in Northern Sami
Bosmestkever in Dutch
Clock in English
Dumble-Dor in English
Gewone mestkever in Dutch
Lousy Watchman in English
Paardenmestkever in Dutch
ruovdegobbá in Northern Sami
stor tordyvel in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Lundberg & Gustafsson (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Catalogus Coleopterorum Sueciae
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