Trypocopris pyrenaeus

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Trypocopris pyrenaeus
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Trypocopris pyrenaeus, museum specimen
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T. pyrenaeus
Binomial name
Trypocopris pyrenaeus
(Charpentier, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Geotrupes pyrenaeus Charpentier, 1825
  • Geotrupes coruscans Chevrolat, 1840
  • Geotrupes splendens Erichson, 1848

Trypocopris pyrenaeus is a species of dor beetles. [1]

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Subspecies

Distribution

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Trypocopris pyrenaeus pyrenaeus

This species is present in Andorra, British Islands, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain. [2]

Description

Trypocopris pyrenaeus can reach a length of 12–26 millimetres (0.47–1.02 in). [3] These beetles are blackish, with green, blue and violet glare. The elytra are shiny and rather smooth, without any striae. The dark eyltra show no infrared reflectance. [4] The pronotum is a little punctured. [5]

Biology

Adults can be found from spring to summer. These beetles are coprophagus, occasionally mycophagous. [3] They usually carry to the nest portions of animal droppings, on which the females will deposit the eggs. [6]

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References

  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Fauna europaea
  3. 1 2 Scarabeoidea d'Italia (in Italian)
  4. Mielewczik, Michael; Liebisch, Frank; Walter, Achim; Greven, Hartmut (2012). "Near-Infrared (NIR)-Reflectance in Insects – Phenetic Studies of 181 Species" (PDF). Entomologie heute. 23: 183–215.
  5. Dung Beetle Map
  6. Animalandia