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Copris

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

Copris is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family. It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and has an almost worldwide distribution.

C. pecuarius Lewis, 1884

C. acutidens Motschulsky, 1860

C. tripartitus Waterhouse, 1875

C. brachypterus Nomura, 1964

C. hispanus (Linnaeus, 1764)

C. ochus Motschulsky, 1860

C. fricator (Fabricius,1781)

C. uenoi Hanboonsong, Masumoto & Ochi, 2003

C. kachinensis Ochi, Kon & Kawahara, 2008

C. sacontala

Copris in Insectoid.Info has a list of species.


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