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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Coprini » Copris

Genus Copris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Rhinoceros Beetle - Copris minutus - male Beetle - Copris minutus Copris fricator - female Copris minutus Posterior angles of head subquadrate - Copris fricator Copris remotus - male Copris minutus - First PA Datapoint - Copris Copris minutus - First PA Datapoint - Copris
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe Coprini
Genus Copris
Explanation of Names
From Greek Kopros (κοπρος)- "dung"
Author of genus is Geoffroy, 1762.
Numbers
Copris arizonensis Schaeffer 1906 - AZ, TX
Copris fricator (Fabricius 1787) - Canada NE US to Nebraska
Copris gopheri Hubbard 1894 - FL, Gopher tortoise obligate
Copris incertus Say 1835
Copris inemarginatus Blatchley 1918 - FL
Copris howdeni Matthews and Halffter 1959 - SC, FL
Copris klugi sierrensis Matthews 1962
Copris laeviceps Harold 1962
Copris lecontei lecontei Matthews 1962
Copris lugubris Boheman 1858
Copris macclevei Warner 1990
Copris minutus (Drury 1770) - General, except far west
Copris moechus LeConte 1854
Copris remotus dicyrtus Matthews and Halffter 1959
Copris remotus remotus LeConte 1866
Life Cycle
Species in this genus bury dung near the source, and do not roll it far as do members of the genus Canthon.
Print References
Harpootlian, p. 17 (1)
Dillon, p. 512 (2)
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: cartwrighti (6) [=fricator], minutus (210), tullius (49) [=fricator]
Works Cited
1.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 6 July, 2005 - 7:39am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Phillip Harpootlian, Chuck Entz
Last updated 22 September, 2008 - 9:18am

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