Pericoptus

Pericoptus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Pentodontini
Genus:	Pericoptus Burmeister, 1847

Pericoptus is a genus of large scarab beetles found in New Zealand. As many as five species are recognized.

Species

• Pericoptus frontalis
• Pericoptus nitidulus
• Pericoptus punctatus
• Pericoptus stupidus
• Pericoptus truncatus

References

• https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio23Tuat01-t1-body-d1.html
• Brown, J. G. (1967). Notes and records of New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 3:42–50.
• Crumpton, W. J. (1974). Eugregarines from the larva of the sand scarab (Pericoptus truncatus Fabricius; Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 4:319–326.
• Dale, P. S. (1956). The sand scarab, Pericoptus. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Canterbury. New Zealand. 130.
• Dale, P. S. (1963). Ecology, Life History and Redescription of Pericoptus truncatus (Fabricius). Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. (Zool.) 3 (3): 17–32.