Chromogeotrupini, Zunino, 1984

Dellacasa, Marco & Dellacasa, Giovanni, 2008, Revision of the genus Chelotrupes Jekel, 1866 n. stat. (Insecta, Coleoptera, Geotrupidae), Zoosystema 30 (3), pp. 629-640 : 630

Tribe CHROMOGEOTRUPINI Zunino, 1984

In the western Palaearctic fauna, only two genera belong to Chromogeotrupini ( Löbl et al. 2006) and they can be keyed as follows.

KEY TO THE GENERA OF WESTERN PALEARCTIC CHROMOGEOTRUPINI ZUNINO, 1984

— Second segment of antennae globous, slightly longer than wide; head, in males, feebly narrowed and feebly elongate posteriorly; base of pronotum strongly sinuate; scutellum triangularly elongate; elytra not fused (winged species) with striae deep and intervals convex ............................................................................................................ Typhaeus

— Second segment of antennae cylindrical, distinctly longer than wide; head, in males, strongly narrowed and very elongate posteriorly; base of pronotum not or, at most, faintly sinuate; scutellum triangularly transverse; elytra fused (flightless species) with striae fine, sometimes obsolete, and intervals flat ......................................................... Chelotrupes