Copris
{{Short description|Genus of dung beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Copris fricator.jpg
|image_caption=Copris fricator
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|taxon=Copris
|authority=Geoffroy, 1762
|synonyms=Paracopris Balthasar, 1939
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Copris is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family.{{cite book|last=Scholtz|first=Clarke H.|last2=Davis|first2=Adrian L. V.|last3=Kryger|first3=Ute|title=Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles|date=2009|publisher=Pensoft Pub.|location=Sofia-Moscow|isbn=978-954-642-517-1}} It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and has an almost worldwide distribution.
Species
{{Main|List of Copris species|l1=List of Copris species}}
Gallery
Copris arizonensis - Dung Beetle.jpg|C. arizonensis Schaeffer, 1906
Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 male (4012106288).jpg|C. elphenor Klug, 1855
Copris fidius 001249-2.jpg|C. fidius (Olivier, 1789)
Copris hispanus.jpg|C. hispanus (Linnaeus, 1764)
Copris incertus male.jpg|C. incertus Say, 1835
Copris lunaris. MHNT.jpg|C. lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Copris magicus Harold, 1881 male (4856448521).jpg|C. magicus Harold, 1881
Copris ochus Motschulsky, 1860 male (4510276029).jpg|C. ochus Motschulsky, 1860
Paracopris punctulatus Wiedemann, 1823 male (4989350039).jpg|C. punctulatus Wiedemann, 1823
Copris sacontala Redtenbacher, 1848 male (4134135516).jpg|C. sacontala Redtenbacher, 1848
Copris siamensis Gillet, 1910 male (4834449309).jpg|C. siamensis Gillet, 1910
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Copris |Copris }}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Copris |Copris }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161127023145/http://insectoid.info/insecta/coleoptera/scarabaeidae/copris_genus/ Copris in Insectoid.Info] has a list of species.
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25947817 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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