Species Detail - Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Citizen Science Beetle Records For Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle
NBNSYS0000011456
RecommendedWell-formed
Ceratophyus typhoeus (Linnaeus), Geotrupes typhoeus (Linnaeus), Geotrupes vulgaris (Leach, 1815), Typhaeus pumilus (Marsham, 1802), Typhaeus thyphoeus (Leach, 1815), Typhaeus vulgaris (Leach, 1815)
N/A
tytyp
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
Species
13
8
6
04/04/2015
15/12/2024
27 February (recorded in 2023)
15 December (recorded in 2024)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Citizen Science Beetle Records For Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus), accessed 29 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/393/Species/65655>