Copris Geoffroy 1762 (scarab beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: E. L. Geoffroy. 1762. Histoire Abregée des Insectes qui se Trouvent aux Environs de Paris, Tome Premier 1-523

Parent taxon: Coprini according to S. Tarasov and D. Dimitrov 2016

See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Fabricius 1798, Geoffroy 1762, Kabakov 1988, Krell 2000, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Müller 1776, Paulian 1976, Schaeffer 1766 and Tarasov et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Copris (Copris) Copris druidum Copris incertus Copris leakeyorum Copris lunaris Copris pristinus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Peru (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: California)

• Pliocene of Georgia (1)

• Miocene of Germany (1), Kenya (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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