Coprophilus Explained

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.

Notes and References

1. 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) . Zoological Studies . 37 . 2 . 154–158.
2. 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 . 10.1016/j.japb.2020.03.007 . 2287-884X. free .