Heliocopris

Heliocopris
Heliocopris dominus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Coprini[1]
Genus: Heliocopris
Hope, 1837
Species

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Heliocopris (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2][3][4] Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa,[3] but some are found in southern and southeast Asia.[5]

The genus Heliocopris includes the following species:[6]

  • Heliocopris alatus Felsche, 1910
  • Heliocopris anadematus Gillet, 1908
  • Heliocopris andersoni Bates, 1868
  • Heliocopris anguliceps Janssens, 1943
  • Heliocopris antenor (Olivier, 1789)
  • Heliocopris atropos Boheman, 1860
  • Heliocopris beccarii Harold, 1871
  • Heliocopris biimpressus Kolbe, 1893
  • Heliocopris bucephalus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Heliocopris camerunus Pokorny & Zidek, 2009
  • Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868
  • Heliocopris corniculatus Janssens, 1939
  • Heliocopris coronatus Felsche, 1901
  • Heliocopris cuneifer Lesne, 1906
  • Heliocopris densissa Roth, 1851
  • Heliocopris dianae Hope, 1842
  • Heliocopris dilloni Guérin-Méneville, 1847
  • Heliocopris dolosus Janssens, 1939
  • Heliocopris dominus Bates, 1868
  • Heliocopris erycoides Felsche, 1907
  • Heliocopris eryx (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Heliocopris faunus Boheman, 1857
  • Heliocopris felschei Kolbe, 1904
  • Heliocopris fonsecai Ferreira, 1967
  • Heliocopris furcithorax Müller, 1941
  • Heliocopris gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Heliocopris hamadryas (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Heliocopris hamifer Harold, 1878
  • Heliocopris haroldi Kolbe, 1893
  • Heliocopris helleri Felsche, 1907
  • Heliocopris hermes Gillet, 1911
  • Heliocopris hunteri Waterhouse, 1891
  • Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855
  • Heliocopris kolbei Felsche, 1901
  • Heliocopris marshalli Péringuey, 1901
  • Heliocopris midas (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Heliocopris mimus Janssens, 1939
  • Heliocopris minos Gillet, 1907
  • Heliocopris mutabilis Kolbe, 1893
  • Heliocopris myrmidon Kolbe, 1893
  • Heliocopris neptuniformis Felsche, 1907
  • Heliocopris neptunoides Janssens, 1939
  • Heliocopris neptunus Boheman, 1857
  • Heliocopris pauliani Janssens, 1939
  • Heliocopris pirmal (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Heliocopris quinqueangulatus Janssens, 1939
  • Heliocopris samson Harold, 1878
  • Heliocopris sirius Gillet, 1925
  • Heliocopris solitarius Kolbe, 1893
  • Heliocopris staudingeri Kolbe, 1893
  • Heliocopris sylvanus Gillet, 1925
  • Heliocopris tyrannus Thomson, 1859

Notes

  1. ↑ They have also been placed in the tribe Dichotomiini, but Montreuil places them in Coprini. Montreuil, Olivier (1998). "Analyse phylogénétique et paraphylie des Coprini et Dichotomiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Scénario biogéographique". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 34 (2): 135–148.
  2. ↑ "Heliocopris" Nomen.at, Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names
  3. 1 2 "Heliocopris" Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
  4. ↑ "Heliocopris" National Center for Biotechnology Information
  5. ↑ [http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/searchCountries.htm?c[0].s=20&c[0].p=0&c[0].o=13212174 "Occurrence search: Genus: Heliocopris"] National Center for Biotechnology Information
  6. ↑ "Heliocopris" Encyclopedia of Life

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