{{Short description|Genus of dung beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox |image=Copris fricator.jpg |image_caption=''Copris fricator'' |display_parents=2 |taxon=Copris |authority=Geoffroy, 1762 |synonyms=''Paracopris'' <small>Balthasar, 1939</small> }}
'''''Copris''''' is a genus of dung beetles in the tribe Coprini (subfamily Scarabaeinae) of the scarab family.<ref name="Scholtz2009">{{cite book|last=Scholtz|first=Clarke H.|last2=Davis|first2=Adrian L. V.|last3=Kryger|first3=Ute|title=Evolutionary biology and conservation of dung beetles|date=2009|publisher=Pensoft Pub.|location=Sofia-Moscow|isbn=978-954-642-517-1}}</ref> It comprises more than 250 tunnelling species and has an almost worldwide distribution.<ref name="Scholtz2009" />
==Species== {{Main|List of Copris species|l1=List of ''Copris'' species}}
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed heights=150> Copris arizonensis - Dung Beetle.jpg|''C. arizonensis'' Schaeffer, 1906 マルダイコクコガネ Copris brachypterus ♂ 奄美大島湯湾岳PB110103.jpg|''C. brachypterus'' Nomura,1964 Copris elphenor Klug, 1855 male (4012106288).jpg|''C. elphenor'' Klug, 1855 Copris fidius 001249-2.jpg|''C. fidius'' (Olivier, 1789) Copris hispanus.jpg|''C. hispanus'' (Linnaeus, 1764) Copris incertus male.jpg|''C. incertus'' Say, 1835 Copris lunaris. MHNT.jpg|''C. lunaris'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Copris magicus Harold, 1881 male (4856448521).jpg|''C. magicus'' Harold, 1881 Copris ochus Motschulsky, 1860 male (4510276029).jpg|''C. ochus'' Motschulsky, 1860 Paracopris punctulatus Wiedemann, 1823 male (4989350039).jpg|''C. punctulatus'' Wiedemann, 1823 Copris sacontala Redtenbacher, 1848 male (4134135516).jpg|''C. sacontala'' Redtenbacher, 1848 Copris siamensis Gillet, 1910 male (4834449309).jpg|''C. siamensis'' Gillet, 1910 </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Copris |''Copris ''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Copris |''Copris ''}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161127023145/http://insectoid.info/insecta/coleoptera/scarabaeidae/copris_genus/ ''Copris'' in Insectoid.Info] has a list of species. *[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25947817 A recent review of the ''Copris fidius'' group] - Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L. and Scholtz, C.H., 2015. A new synonymy in the fidius group of Copris Müller 1764 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and a new species from the highland grasslands of South Africa. Zootaxa, 3949(3), p. 431.
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Category:Coprini Category:Scarabaeidae genera
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