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Ceratophyus
Ceratophyus is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are about 13 described species in Ceratophyus.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ceratophyus hoffmannseggi
speciesCeratophyus hoffmannseggi

Ceratophyus polyceros
speciesCeratophyus polyceros

Ceratophyus sinicus
speciesCeratophyus sinicus

gopher beetle
speciesCeratophyus gopherinus

Ceratophyus mesasiaticus
speciesCeratophyus mesasiaticus

Ceratophyus martinezi
speciesCeratophyus martinezi

Ceratophyus dauricus
speciesCeratophyus dauricus

Ceratophyus sulcicornis
speciesCeratophyus sulcicornis

Ceratophyus rossii
speciesCeratophyus rossii

Ceratophyus poncini
speciesCeratophyus poncini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 488847.