Typhaeus typhoeus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a animal in the Geotrupidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Typhaeus typhoeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Typhaeus typhoeus, the minotaur beetle, is a European earth-boring dung beetle named for the Greek mythological giant Typhon.
Typhaeus typhoeus, commonly called the minotaur beetle, is a species of beetle that belongs to the family Geotrupidae. This family is also known as the earth-boring dung beetles. This beetle is native to Europe. It gets its scientific name from Typhon, a giant figure from Greek mythology.
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Trypocopris pyrenaeus (Charpentier, 1825)
Peltotrupes profundus Howden, 1952
Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trypocopris vernalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Hartmann, 1791)
Phelotrupes auratus (Motschulsky, 1857)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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