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Coptodactyla glabricollis

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Coptodactyla glabricollis
In Australia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Coptodactyla
Species:
C. glabricollis
Binomial name
Coptodactyla glabricollis
(Hope, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Copris glabricollis Hope, 1842

Coptodactyla glabricollis is a dung rhinoceros beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

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Coptodactyla glabricollis reaches about 11–17 millimetres (0.43–0.67 in) in length. The basic colour is black or dark brown. Pronotum and elytra are strongly convex. Males have a small erect horn in the front of the head. Elytra are striated, with small punctures. Larvae are coprophagous.

Distribution

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This species occurs in Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia) and Papua New Guinea.

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