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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 » Copris minutus

Species Copris minutus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Rhinoceros Beetle - Copris minutus - male Beetle - Copris minutus Horned Dung Beetle - Copris minutus Fall crawl - Copris minutus Dung Beetle - Copris minutus Dung Beetle - Copris minutus Scarab 5 - Copris minutus - male Scarab 5 - Copris minutus - male
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
Species minutus (Copris minutus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scarabaeus minutus Drury 1770:78-79
Scarabaeus silenus Fabricius 1775:21
Scarabaeus ammon Fabricius 1781:24
Scarabaeus lar Fabricius 1787:13
Copris reflexus Panzer 1794:7
Copris minutus (Drury), Horn 1870:42-51
Size
8-13 mm
Identification
Black, shiny, both sexes with horns
Range
Eastern US
Season
All year (South Carolina). January-November (North Carolina).
Food
Dung beetle. Species in this genus bury dung near the source, and do not roll it far as do members of the genus Canthon.
Print References
Dillon, p. 512, plate XLIX (1)
Harpootlian, p. 18, fig. 25 (2)
Brimley, p. 199 (3)
Internet References
Abundant in the North Carolina State University Entomology Collection, with 210 pinned.
On a checklist for Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
2.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
By Phillip J. Harpootlian
3.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 10 November, 2005 - 11:23am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 10 November, 2005 - 7:33pm

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