Copris is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family.[1] It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and has an almost worldwide distribution.[1]
| Copris | |
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| Copris fricator | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Coprini |
| Genus: | Copris Geoffroy, 1762 |
| Synonyms | |
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Paracopris Balthasar, 1939 | |
Species
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C. arizonensis Schaeffer, 1906
C. brachypterus Nomura,1964
C. elphenor Klug, 1855
C. fidius (Olivier, 1789)
C. hispanus (Linnaeus, 1764)
C. incertus Say, 1835
C. magicus Harold, 1881
C. ochus Motschulsky, 1860
C. punctulatus Wiedemann, 1823
C. sacontala Redtenbacher, 1848
C. siamensis Gillet, 1910
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References
edit- 1 2 Scholtz, Clarke H.; Davis, Adrian L. V.; Kryger, Ute (2009). Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Pub. ISBN 978-954-642-517-1.
External links
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Media related to Copris at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Copris at Wikispecies- Copris in Insectoid.Info has a list of species.
- A recent review of the Copris fidius group - Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L. and Scholtz, C.H., 2015. A new synonymy in the fidius group of Copris Müller 1764 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and a new species from the highland grasslands of South Africa. Zootaxa, 3949(3), p. 431.
