# Copris

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{{Short description|Genus of dung beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Copris fricator.jpg
|image_caption=''[Copris fricator](/source/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](/source/Coprini) (subfamily [Scarabaeinae](/source/Scarabaeinae)) of the [scarab](/source/Scarabaeidae) 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](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1764)
Copris incertus male.jpg|''C. incertus'' Say, 1835
Copris lunaris. MHNT.jpg|''C. lunaris'' ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))
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.&nbsp;431.

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Category:Coprini
Category:Scarabaeidae genera

{{Scarabaeinae-stub}}

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