Geotrupes splendidus (Fabricius, 1775)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 7-8

Geotrupes splendidus (Fabricius, 1775)

Putnam 1876; Wickham 1911; Howden 1955a; ISIC; IWUC; DAVC; ELFC; MJPC.

Collection dates: April–October.

Specimens were collected from dung, deer carcass, and at light.

Specimen label data: Sharon Bluffs State Park, Appanoose Co., Iowa, 20 August 2013, light, ELF (ELFC).

County records ( Figure 15 ): Adair, Allamakee, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Clayton, Clinton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Dickinson, Fayette, Fremont, Hancock, Henry, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Madison, Marshall, Monona, Muscatine, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Story, Taylor, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, Winnebago, Winneshiek.

Family TROGIDAE MacLeay, 1819

Subfamily TROGINAE MacLeay, 1819

Trox Fabricius, 1775

Figures

Figures 10–17. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 10) Eucanthus lazarus (Fabricius, 1775). 11) Geotrupes blackburneus excrementi Say, 1823. 12) Geotrupes horni Blanchard, 1888. 13) Geotrupes opacus Haldeman, 1853. 14) Geotrupes semiopacus Jekel, 1865. 15) Geotrupes splendidus (Fabricius, 1775). 16) Trox aequalis Say, 1831.