''Trypocopris pyrenaeus'' is a species of dor beetles.

Subspecies

* ''Trypocopris pyrenaeus cyanicolor'' Capra, 1930 * ''Trypocopris pyrenaeus splendens'' Heer, 1841 * ''Trypocopris pyrenaeus pyrenaeus'' (Charpentier, 1825)

Distribution

This species is present in Andorra, British Islands, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain.

Description

''Trypocopris pyrenaeus'' can reach a length of . Scarabeoidea d'Italia
/ref> These beetles are blackish, with green, blue and violet glare. The elytra are shiny and rather smooth, without any striae. The pronotum is a little punctured.

Biology

Adults can be found from spring to summer. These beetles are coprophagus, occasionally mycophagous. They usually carry to the nest portions of animal droppings, on which the females will deposit the eggs.Animalandia
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References

Geotrupidae Beetles described in 1825 {{Scarabaeoidea-stub