Geotrupinae

Geotrupinae
Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Geotrupidae
Subfamily: Geotrupinae
Latreille, 1802
Tribes
  • Ceratotrupini Zunino, 1984
  • Enoplotrupini Paulian, 1945
  • Geotrupini Latreille, 1802
  • Lethrini Oken, 1843
  • † Cretogeotrupini Nikolajev, 1996
Synonyms
  • Lethrinae Oken, 1843

Geotrupinae is a subfamily of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are more than 30 genera and 450 described species in Geotrupinae.

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