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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Copris fricator

Copris fricator - female Dung Beetle 1 - Copris fricator - male Copris fricator (Fabricius) - Copris fricator Copris fricator - female Rhinoceros Beetle? - Copris fricator Black dung beetle - Copris fricator Copris fricator - male Dung beetle - Copris fricator - male
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.