Copris
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.[1] It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and has an almost worldwide distribution.[2][1]
References
- 1 2 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
Copris in Insectoid.Info has a list of species.
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