Ceratotrupes sturmi

Ceratotrupes sturmi
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Geotrupidae
Genus:	Ceratotrupes
Species:	C. sturmi
Binomial name
	Ceratotrupes sturmi; (Jekel, 1865)
Synonyms
	Geotrupes (Ceratotrupes) sturmii Jekel, 1865; Geotrupes (Ceratotrupes) mniszechi Jekel, 1865;

Ceratotrupes sturmi is a species of beetle of the family Geotrupidae. It is found in Mexico (Oaxaca).

Description

Adults have a black body with purple iridescence, especially on both dorsal and ventral sides. The antennal segments are brown and the antennal club is yellow.^[1]

References

^ Part of this text is from “A taxonomic review of the endemic Mexican genus Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Ceratotrupini), with the description of an unexpected new species from the Sierra Madre del Sur” by Arriaga-Jiménez A., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

[1] Part of this text is from “A taxonomic review of the endemic Mexican genus Ceratotrupes Jekel, 1865 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Ceratotrupini), with the description of an unexpected new species from the Sierra Madre del Sur” by Arriaga-Jiménez A., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license

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