Mycotrupes lethroides is a species in the family Geotrupidae ("earth-boring scarab beetles"), in the order Coleoptera ("beetles").[1][2][3] Mycotrupes lethroides is found in North America.[2]

Mycotrupes lethroides
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M. lethroides
Binomial name
Mycotrupes lethroides
(Westwood, 1837)

References

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  1. ^ "Mycotrupes lethroides species information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. ^ a b "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)". itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Life Mycotrupes lethroides species overview". eol.org. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

Further reading

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