''Heliocopris'' (large dung beetles) is a genus of

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

or scarab beetles in the superfamily

Scarabaeoidea Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing r ...

."''Heliocopris''"
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'' 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 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''

Species

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