Coprophilus
Appearance
Coprophilus | |
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Coprophilus striatulus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Staphylinidae |
Subfamily: | Oxytelinae |
Tribe: | Coprophilini |
Genus: | Coprophilus Latreille, 1829 |
Species | |
Coprophilus (from Greek 'dung-loving') is, with about 30 species, a genus of staphylinid beetles. They are confined to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.[1] They are generally found in rotting plants and woods, compost, under leaf litter,[2] and near herbivore dung, hence their generic name.
References
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- ^ Smetana, Ales (1998). "A New Species of the Genus Coprophilus Latreille, 1829 from the High Mountain Elevations in Taiwan, with Comments on Zonyptilus Motschulsky, 1845 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 37 (2): 154–158.
- ^ Lee, Jae-Seok; Lee, Seung-Il; Ahn, Kee-Jeong (2020-06-01). "Korean species of Coprophilus Latreille (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) based on morphological and molecular characters". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (2): 238–244. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2020.03.007. ISSN 2287-884X.