Atlas of Dung Beetles in southern Africa.

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DungBeetleMAP:   618
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2828BC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2009-02-21
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Indoors
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:55
Sp. code:   7701219
Species name:   Copris sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Scarabaeidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Scarabaeinae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=DungBeetleMAP-618
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 618 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christian Deschodt
Comment:   Females are difficult to ID. Best guess would be C. crassus or C.fidius.
Date:   2016-07-17 07:48:02
Species name:   Copris sp.
Species code:   7701219

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