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Copris

a genus of beetles of the family Scarabaeidae. The body is black and measures 1.5–4 cm in length. The male has a horn on its forehead; the female, a small tubercle. Most species are found in the tropics. There are three species in the USSR. Copris hispanus, which measures 2–3 cm long, is distributed in the Crimea, the Caucasus, and Middle Asia. The species C. lunaris, measuring 1.5–2.2 cm long, inhabits the southern European USSR (extending to the forest zone). C armeniacus is 2–3 cm in length; it is found in Armenia. The adults and larvae feed on cattle and horse dung. The female burrows under a pile of fresh dung, forming a wide den at the end. She brings the dung into the burrow, forming it into pear-shaped lumps. She lays her eggs in the lumps.

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En ese estudio se presentan algunos registros de especies dudosas e invalidamente citadas, por ejemplo: Copris lugubris Boheman, 1858 mencionada como registro erroneo por Peck (2005) y Eucranium cyclosoma Burmeister, 1861 especie erroneamente registrada para Ecuador, donde Ocampo (2010) senala que este es un genero y especie endemica de Argentina.

Listado de especies y clave de generos y subgeneros de escarabajos estercoleros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) presentes y presuntos para Ecuador

In the traps, 10 individuals of Copris lugubris Boheman, 1858 and 36 individuals of Ataenius sculptor Harold, 1868 were also captured.

PRIMER REGISTRO DE DIGITONTHOPHAGUS GAZELLA (FABRICIUS, 1787) Y NUEVO REGISTRO PARA EUONITICELLUS INTERMEDIUS (REICHE, 1849) (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE LATREILLE, 1802) EN EL SALVADOR

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Variability in nestling diet of European hoopoes: annual and sampling effect

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Part of arthropods in the diet of the common genet (Genetta genetta L.1758) in the National Park of El Kala (North-est of Algeria)

A total of 38 species of Aphodiinae (38 individuals, 9 species) and Scarabaeinae (213 individuals, 29 species) subfamilies were collected belonging to Aphodiinae Acrossus, Aphodius, Biralus, Chilothorax, Colobopterus, Eudolus, Melinopterus, Nimbus and Otophorus genera, and Caccobius, Cheironitis, Copris, Euoniticellus, Euonthophagus, Gymnopleurus, Onitis, Onthophagus, Scarabaeus and Sisyphus Scarabaeinae genera.

Chorological Categories and Faunistic Records of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) from the Sundiken Mountains, Turkey

NGUYEN-PHUNG, T & CAMBEFORT, Y., 1986a.--Revision des especes afro-tropicales du genre Copris. I.

Estudio de la variacion de la genitalia masculina de las especies de la tribu Phanaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) en Colombia

isolated from a brood ball of the dung beetle, Copris tripartitus.

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La tribu Phanaeini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) en el Peru

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2005: Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status assessment using GIS tools: a case study of Iberian Copris species.--Biological Conservation 122: 327-338.

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