Geotrupes opacus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Genus: | Geotrupes |
| Species: | G. opacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Geotrupes opacus Haldeman, 1853
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Geotrupes opacus, the opaque earth boring beetle, is a species of earth-boring scarab beetle in the family Geotrupidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Geotrupes opacus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Geotrupes opacus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Geotrupes opacus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.