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Geotrupes spiniger (Schreibers, 1802) (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

Geotrupes spiniger
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