Heliocopris

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

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Heliocopris is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[1][2][3] They are found in Africa,[2] and southern and southeast Asia.[4]

The genus Heliocopris includes the following species:[5]

  • 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 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 solitarius (Kolbe, 1893)
  • Heliocopris staudingeri (Kolbe, 1893)
  • Heliocopris sylvanus (Gillet, 1925)
  • Heliocopris tyrannus (Thomson, 1859)

Notes

  1. ^ "Heliocopris" Nomen.at, Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names
  2. ^ a b "Heliocopris" Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
  3. ^ "Heliocopris" National Center for Biotechnology Information
  4. ^ "Occurrence search: Genus: Heliocopris" National Center for Biotechnology Information
  5. ^ "Heliocopris" Encyclopedia of Life

Further reading