Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Scarabaeiformia > Superfamily Scarabaeoidea > Family Scarabaeidae > Subfamily Scarabaeinae > Tribe Coprini > Genus Copris

Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Copris*	Geoffroy, 1762	accepted genus name
*Litocopris*	Waterhouse, 1891	generic synonym

Species group names

*Scarabaeus lunaris*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Copris belisama*	Schrank, 1798	subjective synonym
*Copris castaneus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Copris corniculatus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Copris deletus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Copris gistelianus*	Gistl, 1857	subjective synonym
*Copris jenisonianus*	Gistl, 1857	subjective synonym
*Copris obliteratus*	Mulsant, 1842	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus bifidus*	Poda, 1761	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus emarginatus*	Olivier, 1789	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus lunus*	Schrank, 1798	subjective synonym
*Scarabaeus quadridentatus*	De Geer, 1778	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: brumbulli me bri i bajgave sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: Månetorbist sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Eenhoornmestkever sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Horned Dung Beetle sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: månhornsbagge

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Dr Jose Ignacio Lopez-Colon. Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=192146