Copris | |
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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.