Heliocopris
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Heliocopris (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2][3][4] Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa,[3] but some are found in southern and southeast Asia.[5]
The genus Heliocopris includes the following species:[6]
- Heliocopris alatus Felsche, 1910
- Heliocopris anadematus Gillet, 1908
- Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
- Heliocopris anguliceps Janssens, 1943
- Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)
- Heliocopris atropos Boheman, 1860
- Heliocopris beccarii Harold, 1871
- Heliocopris biimpressus Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris bucephalus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heliocopris camerunus Pokorny & Zidek, 2009
- Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
- Heliocopris corniculatus Janssens, 1939
- Heliocopris coronatus Felsche, 1901
- Heliocopris cuneifer Lesne, 1906
- Heliocopris densissa Roth, 1851
- Heliocopris dianae Hope, 1842
- Heliocopris dilloni Guérin-Méneville, 1847
- Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1939
- Heliocopris dominus Bates, 1868
- Heliocopris erycoides Felsche, 1907
- Heliocopris eryx (Fabricius, 1801)
- Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857
- Heliocopris felschei Kolbe, 1904
- Heliocopris fonsecai Ferreira, 1967
- Heliocopris furcithorax Müller, 1941
- Heliocopris gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Heliocopris hamadryas (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878
- Heliocopris haroldi Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris helleri Felsche, 1907
- Heliocopris hermes Gillet, 1911
- Heliocopris hunteri Waterhouse, 1891
- Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855
- Heliocopris kolbei Felsche, 1901
- Heliocopris marshalli Péringuey, 1901
- Heliocopris midas (Fabricius, 1775)
- Heliocopris mimus Janssens, 1939
- Heliocopris minos Gillet, 1907
- Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris neptuniformis Felsche, 1907
- Heliocopris neptunoides Janssens, 1939
- Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857
- Heliocopris pauliani Janssens, 1939
- Heliocopris pirmal (Fabricius, 1798)
- Heliocopris quinqueangulatus Janssens, 1939
- Heliocopris samson Harold, 1878
- Heliocopris sirius Gillet, 1925
- Heliocopris solitarius Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris staudingeri Kolbe, 1893
- Heliocopris sylvanus Gillet, 1925
- Heliocopris tyrannus Thomson, 1859
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Notes
- ^ They have also been placed in the tribe Dichotomiini, but Montreuil places them in Coprini. Montreuil, Olivier (1998). "Analyse phylogénétique et paraphylie des Coprini et Dichotomiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Scénario biogéographique". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 34 (2): 135–148.
- ^ "Heliocopris" Nomen.at, Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names
- ^ a b "Heliocopris" Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- ^ "Heliocopris" National Center for Biotechnology Information
- ^ "Occurrence search: Genus: Heliocopris" National Center for Biotechnology Information
- ^ "Heliocopris" Encyclopedia of Life
Further reading
- Pokorný, Svatopluk; Zídek, Jiří and Werner, Karl (2009) Giant dung beetles of the genus Heliocopris (Scarabaeidae) Taita Publishers, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, ISBN 978-80-902734-0-5