Trypocopris pyrenaeus
| Trypocopris pyrenaeus | |
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| Trypocopris pyrenaeus, museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Geotrupidae |
| Genus: | Trypocopris |
| Species: | T. pyrenaeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trypocopris pyrenaeus (Charpentier, 1825) | |
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Trypocopris pyrenaeus is a species of dor beetles.
Subspecies
- Trypocopris pyrenaeus cyanicolor Capra, 1930
- Trypocopris pyrenaeus splendens Heer, 1841
- Trypocopris pyrenaeus pyrenaeus (Charpentier, 1825)
Distribution
This species is present in Andorra, British Islands, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Portugal.
Description
Trypocopris pyrenaeus can reach a length of 12–26 millimetres (0.47–1.02 in). These beetles are blackish, with green, blue and violet glare. The elytra are shiny and rather smooth, without any striae. The dark elytra show no infrared reflectance. The pronotum is a little punctured.
Biology
Adults can be found from spring to summer. These beetles are coprophagus, occasionally mycophagous. They usually carry to the nest portions of animal droppings, on which the females will deposit the eggs.
References
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- ↑ Catalogue of life
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- 1 2 Scarabeoidea d'Italia (in Italian)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dung Beetle Map
- ↑ Animalandia