Mycotrupes Explained

Mycotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 5 described species in Mycotrupes.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Mycotrupes cartwrighti Olson & Hubbell, 1954
• Mycotrupes gaigei Olson & Hubbell, 1954 (North peninsular mycotrupes beetle)
• Mycotrupes lethroides (Westwood, 1837)
• Mycotrupes pedester Howden, 1954
• Mycotrupes retusus (LeConte, 1866) (sandhills earth boring scarab beetle)

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mycotrupes Genus Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-25.
2. Web site: Mycotrupes Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-25.