Family: Geotrupidae
Original taxon name: Lethrus Elephas
Author of the original taxon name: Reitter, E.
Classic locality: Türkei
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was first described in: Reitter, E. (1890). Analytische Übersicht der bekannten Lethrus-Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1890: 289–295 pp.
Economy where the taxon was described in: TUR
Specific description of the place: [no precise locality]
Global distribution of taxon: ALB,GRC,MKD
Reference where the scientific name of taxon was accepted in: Löbl, I. & Löbl, D. (eds.) (2016). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Volume 3 Revised and Updated Edition. Scarabaeoidea – Scirtoidea – Dascilloidea – Buprestoidea – Byrrhoidea. Brill. Leiden-Boston: 983pp pp.