Copris repertus explained

Copris repertus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

This broadly oval, highly convex species has an average length of about 16 to 22 mm. Body black and shiny. Antennae, and mouthparts are red colored. Reddish bristles upon the legs and lower surface. Head semicircular, with rugulose clypeus. Pronotum very shiny, with a strong longitudinal groove along the middle. Elytra lightly striate, except at the base and apex with minutely punctured. In the head of the male, there is a slender, feebly curved, erect horn. In female, there is a short, transverse, elevated carina in head.^[4]

Adults are observed from both old and fresh elephant dungs.^[5] Habitat is montane tropical forest, secondary tropical forest and secondary savannah.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scarabaeid beetles of Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh . 2021-07-18 . Zoos' print journal, 2005.
2. Web site: New Records to the Species Diversity of Family Scarabaeidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (India) . 2021-07-18 . Academic Journal of Entomology 5 (1): 28-36, 2012.
3. Web site: First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand . 2021-07-18 . Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(6): 17-22.
4. Web site: Copris repertus Walker, 1858 . 2021-07-19 . India Biodiversity Portal.
5. Web site: Sabu . Thomas K. . Vinod . K. V. . Vineesh . P. J. . 2006-09-05 . Guild structure, diversity and succession of dung beetles associated with Indian elephant dung in South Western Ghats forests . 2021-07-19 . Journal of Insect Science . 1–12 . 10.1673/2006_06_17.1. 2990306 . 19537983.
6. Web site: Van Bac . Bui . Dumack . Kenneth . Bonkowski . Michael . 2018-04-26 . Two new species and one new record for the genus Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Vietnam with a key to Vietnamese species . 2021-07-19 . European Journal of Entomology . 167–191 . 10.14411/eje.2018.016.