Coptodactyla glabricollis
Appearance
Coptodactyla glabricollis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Coptodactyla |
Species: | C. glabricollis
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Binomial name | |
Coptodactyla glabricollis (Hope, 1842)
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Coptodactyla glabricollis is a dung rhinoceros beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species occurs in Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia) and Papua New Guinea.
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