Mycotrupes retusus

Mycotrupes retusus is a species in the family Geotrupidae ("earth-boring scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "sandhills earth boring scarab beetle".[3] It is found in North America.[2]

Mycotrupes retusus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Scarabaeoidea
Family:	Geotrupidae
Subfamily:	Geotrupinae
Genus:	Mycotrupes
Species:	M. retusus
Binomial name
Mycotrupes retusus Le Conte, 1866
Synonyms
Geotrupes aeneus Felsche, 1909

References

1. "Mycotrupes retusus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
2. "Mycotrupes retusus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
3. "Mycotrupes retusus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.