GEOTRUPIDAE Latreille, 1802
(dumbledor beetles)

GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
a dumbledor
Species 1 trophisms
Geotrupes
dumbledors
Genus 3 subtaxa 8 trophisms 2 references
Odonteus armiger
a dumbledor
Species 3 trophisms
Trypocopris pyrenaeus
a dumbledor
Species 2 trophisms
Trypocopris vernalis
Spring Dumbledor
Species 3 trophisms
Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle
Species 9 trophisms 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 97 images of GEOTRUPIDAE (dumbledor beetles)
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