Abundance: 0.02 to 4.25% (median 0.11%)
Latitudinal range: 29.7° to 52.3°Habitats: Mediterranean woodland (1), montane grassland (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (6), temperate savanna (5), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)
Found in 16 samples
China: Tongling, Decha, Baiyinxile Ranch (horse manure)
Ireland: County Cork and County Tipperary (organic farms)
Italy: Ferret Valley (shrubbery)
Spain: Salamanca (spring)
United States: Blackbeard Island, Cumberland Island, East of Arapaho Prairie, Arapaho Prairie, North of Caldwell (open pasture, 1979), Lake City Research Center Site A, Lake City Research Center Site B, Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (no harvest management)
See also Geotrupes blackburnii, Geotrupes corinthius, Geotrupes egeriei, Geotrupes ibericus, Geotrupes mutator, Geotrupes niger, Geotrupes opaca, Geotrupes opacus, Geotrupes semiopacus, Geotrupes spiniger, Geotrupes splendidus, Geotrupes stercorarius, Geotrupes stercorosus