Copris

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
Copris fricator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Coprini
Genus: Copris
Geoffroy, 1762
Synonyms

Paracopris Balthasar, 1939

Species
Main article: List of Copris species
  • C. arizonensis Schaeffer, 1906
  • C. elphenor Klug, 1855
  • C. fidius (Olivier, 1789)
  • C. hispanus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  • C. incertus Say, 1835
  • C. lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • C. magicus Harold, 1881
  • C. ochus Motschulsky, 1860
  • C. punctulatus Wiedemann, 1823
  • C. sacontala Redtenbacher, 1848
  • C. siamensis Gillet, 1910

References
  1. 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.
  • 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.
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