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Copris  Geoffroy, 1762
Taxonomic Serial No.: 926412

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Litocopris Waterhouse, 1891
  
    Paracopris Balthasar, 1939
  
    Microcopris Balthasar, 1958
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderScarabeiformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyScarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802  
                                           FamilyScarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 – scarab beetles  
                                              SubfamilyScarabaeinae Latreille, 1802  
                                                 TribeCoprini Leach, 1815  
                                                    GenusCopris Geoffroy, 1762  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Copris arizonensis Schaeffer, 1906  
                                                       Species Copris fricator (Fabricius, 1787)  
                                                       Species Copris gopheri Hubbard, 1894 – Copris tortoise commensal scarab 
                                                       Species Copris howdeni Matthews and Halffter, 1959  
                                                       Species Copris incertus Say, 1835  
                                                       Species Copris inemarginatus Blatchley, 1918  
                                                       Species Copris klugi Harold, 1869  
                                                       Species Copris laeviceps Harold, 1862  
                                                       Species Copris lecontei Matthews, 1962  
                                                       Species Copris lugubris Boheman, 1858  
                                                       Species Copris macclevei Warner, 1990  
                                                       Species Copris martinezi Matthews and Halffter, 1968  
                                                       Species Copris minutus (Drury, 1773)  
                                                       Species Copris moechus LeConte, 1854  
                                                       Species Copris remotus LeConte, 1866  
       

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  Source: Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm, website (version 4)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Smith, A.B.T. 2009. Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm. Version 4. Electronically published, Ottawa, Canada. 97 pp., available online at http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/SSSA/nearctic.htm   
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