''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of
Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily
Scarabaeoidea.
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa,
but some are found in southern and southeast Asia.
Species
The genus ''Heliocopris'' includes the following species:
"''Heliocopris''"
''Encyclopedia of Life''
*'' Heliocopris alatus'' Felsche, 1910
*'' Heliocopris anadematus'' Gillet, 1908
*'' Heliocopris andersoni'' Bates, 1868
*'' Heliocopris anguliceps'' Janssens, 1943
*'' Heliocopris antenor'' (Olivier, 1789)
*'' Heliocopris ares'' Philippe, Minetti, 2022
*''Heliocopris atropos
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' 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
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Felsche, 1901
*''Heliocopris cuneifer
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Lesne, 1906
*''Heliocopris densissa
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Roth, 1851
*''Heliocopris dianae
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Hope, 1842
*''Heliocopris dilloni
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Guérin-Méneville, 1847
*''Heliocopris dolosus
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Janssens, 1939
*''Heliocopris dominus
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' Bates, 1868
*''Heliocopris erycoides
''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. '' 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
File:Giant Dung Beetle (Heliocopris andersoni) big male (11621185084).jpg, '' Heliocopris andersoni''
File:Heliocopris colossus Bates, 1868 male (3052104815).jpg, '' Heliocopris colossus''
File:Heliocopris japetus Klug, 1855 male (3303706075) (2).jpg, '' Heliocopris japetus''
Notes
Further reading
* Pokorný, Svatopluk; Zídek, Jiří and Werner, Karl (2009) ''Giant dung beetles of the genus Heliocopris (Scarabaeidae)'' Taita Publishers, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic,
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