Copris fidius (Olivier, 1789)

Figure 3 A, 4 C, E, 5.

Copris bihamatus Balthasar, 1965 new synonym Figure 3 B.

We have compared the habitus of the holotype male and two female paratypes of C. bihamatus with male and female specimens of C. fidius . Following the similarity of habitus (Fig 3 A, B), identical aedeagi, and similarity of the relationship between elytral length against horn length for male specimens (Fig 2), it is clear that C. fidius and C. bihamatus are the same species. Consequently C. bihamatus Balthasar, 1965, is, here, synonymized with C. fidius (Olivier, 1789) .