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Copris

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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.^[1]

Species

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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

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.

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Copris: Brief Summary

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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.

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