Overview
Database status: valid
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,840 meters (0 to 6,037 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
()
- Emery, 1886
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
()
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
()
- Latreille, 1802
- Family:
Geotrupidae
()
- Genus:
Geotrupes
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
mutator
- Marsham, 1802
- Scientific name: - Geotrupes mutator Marsham, 1802
- Specific name:
mutator
- Marsham, 1802
- Genus:
Geotrupes
(
- Family:
Geotrupidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Scarabaeiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Geotrupes aenescens Depoli, 1924
- Geotrupes chlorophanus Westhoff, 1881
- Geotrupes cyanescens Luigioni, 1920
- Geotrupes fulvopubens Reitter, 1909
- Geotrupes impressicollis Ferrari, 1852
- Geotrupes incertus Tournier, 1886
- Geotrupes mutator /i> (Marsham) , 1802
- Geotrupes purpurascens Westhoff, 1881
- Geotrupes violaceus Westhoff, 1881
- Geotrupes virescens Mulsant, 1842
- Scarabaeus mutator Marsham, 1802
- Scarabaeus politus Malinowskyi, 1811
- Scarabaeus stercorarius Degeer, 1774
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Schoolmeesters P., 09-Jan-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Geotrupes
There are approximately 91 species in this genus:
G. alpinus · G. amoenus · G. arator · G. auratus · G. baicalicus · G. balyi (Baly's Earth Boring Beetle) · G. biachburai · G. bicolor · G. biconiferus · G. blackburnii (Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle) · G. caspius · G. castilianus · G. caucasicus · G. cavicollis · G. chalconotus · G. chalybaeus · G. corinthius · G. coruscans · G. douei · G. egeriei (Eger's Earth Boring Beetle) · G. escorialensis · G. excrementi · G. fauveli · G. folwarcznyi · G. fronticornis · G. geminatus · G. genestieri · G. guatemalensis · G. hemisphaericus · G. herbeus · G. horni · G. hornii (Horn's Earth Boring Beetle) · G. hypocrita · G. iaevistriatus · G. ibericus · G. impressus · G. inermis · G. insulanus · G. intermedius · G. internedius · G. italicus · G. jakovlevi · G. kashmirensis · G. laevigatus · G. laevis · G. laevistriatus · G. lavistriatus · G. lenardoi · G. lugubris · G. marginatus · G. matator · G. meridionalis · G. mesoleius · G. miarophagus · G. mniszechi · G. mutator · G. niger · G. olgae · G. onitidipes · G. opacus (Opaque Earth Boring Beetle) · G. orientalis · G. oshimanus · G. planatus · G. platypterus · G. politus · G. punctatissimus · G. puncticollis · G. purpureus · G. putridarius · G. pyrenaeus · G. quadrigeminus · G. rugatulus · G. semiopacus · G. siculus · G. sobrinus · G. spiniger · G. splendens · G. splendidus (Splendid Earth Boring Beetle) · G. stercorarius (Dor Beetle) · G. stercorosus · G. stercorsus · G. sterorarius · G. sturmi · G. subarmatus · G. substriatellus · G. sylvaticus · G. thoracinus · G. ulkei (Ulke's Earth Boring Beetle) · G. vernalis · G. viridissimus · G. yaku
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Further Reading
- Aliments, chitine et tube digestif chez les coléoptères. Par Louis Bounoure. Paris, A. Hermann et fils, 1919. FRE url p. 145, p. 175, p. 269, p. 50, p. 56, p. 69.
- Aquila. Budapest: A Magyar Ornithologiai Knt Kiadva, 1894- HUN url p. 183.
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 242, p. 292.
- Bibliographia zoologica. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1896-1934. MUL url p. 255.
- Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli. Napoli, Giannini [etc.] ITA url p. 59.
- Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France. Nantes, Société des sciences naturelles de l'Ouest de la France [etc.] FRE url p. 7.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 109.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 595.
- Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Scotland, by Andrew Murray aided by the Rev. William Little, Messieurs James Hardy, Robt. Hislop, John T. Syme, Dr. W. H. Lowe, and other Scottish entomologists. Edinburgh, W. Blackwood and sons, 1853. ENG url p. 47.
- Etudes entomologiques, rédigées par Victor de Motschulsky. Cinquième année. Helsingfors, Imprimerie de la Société de Litérature Finnoise, 1856. FRE url p. 23.
- Histoire naturelle des coléoptères de France / par M.E. Mulsant. Paris: Maison, 1839- FRE url p. 439.
- Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, GER url p. 111.
- La Feuille des jeunes naturalistes. Paris: A. Dollfus, 1870-1914. FRE url p. 56.
- Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to discontinuity in the origin of species. By William Bateson. London, Macmillan and co., 1894. ENG url p. 500.
- Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft = Bulletin de la Société entomologique suisse. Schauffhausen, Switzerland: [s.n.], GER url p. 425.
- Societas entomologica. Stuttgart [etc.]A. Kernan [etc.], 1886-1930. GER url p. 102, p. 111, p. 118, p. 119, p. 128, p. 96.
- The Entomologist's annual. London: John Van Voorst, 1855-1874. ENG url p. 74.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] ENG url p. 132, p. 164.
- The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. [s.l., s.n.] ENG url p. 133, p. 210.
- The sacred beetle, and others, by J. Henri Fabre; tr. by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos with a preface by the author. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1918. ENG url p. 280.
- Tijdschrift voor entomologie. [Amsterdam]: Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging. MUL url p. 246, p. 342, p. 80.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Scarabs
- World Scarabaeidae Database 2006.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests, Coleoptera of Białowieża Forest
- GBIF-Spain, Instituto de Investigación CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante: CEUA
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2814555
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Scr-13-.01-.01-.00-.007-.000-.009-.-
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14346573
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 567255
Footnotes
- Mean = 797.120 meters (2,615.223 feet), Standard Deviation = 581.850 based on 49 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
