
Geotrupes spiniger (a species of earth-boring scarab-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
TMAG collections
Introduced from Europe
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Geotrupidae
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 25
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: dung-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
