Species Detail - Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "General Biodiversity Records from 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
3
2
2
20/06/2010
05/05/2015
27 February (recorded in 2023)
15 December (recorded in 2024)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, General Biodiversity Records from Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus), accessed 26 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/65655>