Copris
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| Genus: | Copris Geoffroy, 1762
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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.[2][1]
Species
Some of the diversity in this large genus is shown in these images:
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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
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See also
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Copris - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
External links
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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