Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
Beetles (Coleoptera)
»
Polyphaga
»
Scarabaeoidea
»
Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae)
»
Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae)
»
Coprini
»
Copris
»
Copris fricator
Species
Copris fricator
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Scarabaeoidea
Family
Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily
Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe
Coprini
Genus
Copris
Species
fricator
(Copris fricator)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Copris cartwrighti
Robinson 1941
(
1
)
Explanation of Names
Copris fricator
(Fabricius 1787)
Size
10.5‒18.2 mm
(
2
)
Range
e.US to SD‒TX
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
2.
The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska
Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.
Contributed by
Phillip Harpootlian
on 11 July, 2005 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by
john and jane balaban
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2023 - 7:31pm