Bibliography for GEOTRUPIDAE
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- Barbero, E. & Palestrini, V. 2003. Coleoptera Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae) collected in Australia. pp. 303-328 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp.
- Bornemissza, G.F. 1979. The Australian Dung Beetle Research Unit in Pretoria. South African Journal of Agricultural Science 75: 257-260
- Boucomont, A. 1912. Scarabaeidae: Taurocerastinae, Geotrupidae. pp. 1-47 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Lucanidae — Passalidae — Scarabaeidae I. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XIX Pt 46.
- Browne, D.J. & Scholtz, C.H. 1999. A phylogeny of the families of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 24: 51-84
- Halffter, G. & Matthews, E.G. 1966. The natural history of dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 12–14: 1-312
- Howden, H.F. 1955. Biology and taxonomy of North American beetles of the subfamily Geotrupinae with revisions of the genera Bolbocerosoma, Eucanthus, Geotrupes and Peltotrupes (Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 104: 151-319
- Howden, H.F. 1982. Larval and adult characters of Frickius Germain, its relationship to the Geotrupini, and a phylogeny of some major taxa in the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 2713-2724
- Howden, H.F. & Peck, S.B. 1987. Adult habits, larval morphology, and phylogenetic placement of Taurocerastes patagonicus Philippi (Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 65: 329-332
- Iablokoff-Khnzorian, S.M. 1977. Uber die Phylogenie der Lamellicornia. Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 41: 135-200
- Jameson, M.L. 2002. 29. Geotrupidae Latreille 1802. pp. 23-27 in Arnett, R.H., Thomas, M.C., Skelley, P.E. & Frank, J.H. (eds). American Beetles. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press Vol. 2 xiv 861 pp.
- Klemperer, H.G. 1978. The repair of larval cells and other larval activities in Geotrupes spiniger Marshall and other species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 3: 119-131
- Klemperer, H.G. 1979. An analysis of the nesting behaviour of Geotrupes spiniger Marsham (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 4: 133-150
- Klemperer, H.G. 1980. Kleptoparasitic behaviour of Aphodius rufipes (L.) larvae in nests of Geotrupes spiniger Marsh. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 5: 143-151
- Klemperer, H.G. 1981. Nest construction and larval behaviour of Bubas bison (L.) and Bubas bubulas (Ol.) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 6: 23-33
- Latreille, P.A. 1796. Précis des Caractères génériques des Insectes, disposés dans un order naturel par citoyen Latreille. Brive : F. Bourdeaux xiv 201 pp. 5 pls.
- Lawrence, J.F. & Newton, A.F., Jr 1982. Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13: 261-290
- Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Tom. I. Coleoptera. London : Wilks et Taylor xxxi 548 pp.
- Scholtz, C.H. & Browne, D.J. 1996. Polyphyly in the Geotrupidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): a case for a new family. Journal of Natural History 30: 597-614
- Zunino, M. 1984. Sistematica generica dei Geotrupinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae), filogenesi della sottofamiglia e considerazioni biogeografiche. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. Torino 2: 9-162
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