Gymnopleurus gemmatus

Gymnopleurus gemmatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gymnopleurus
Species:
G. gemmatus
Binomial name
Gymnopleurus gemmatus
(Harold, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus gemmatus Harold, 1871
  • Scarabaeus granulatus Fabricius, 1792

Gymnopleurus gemmatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]

Description

This oval, less convex species has an average length of about 6 to 9 mm. Body blackish with minute grey setae on dorsum. There are shining bare patches upon the pronotum, a central spot and parts of elytra, and sutural margins. There is a common transverse irregular patch located at the middle as well as a smaller common patch located behind it just before the apices. Head densely granular and clypeus with two blunt lobes in front. Pronotum granular. Elytra irregularly rugose, finely striate, and very deeply excised at the sides. Pygidium closely punctured.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Bombay Natural History Society.; Society, Bombay Natural History (1996). The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol. 93. Bombay Natural History Society. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  2. ^ "Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae". Zoological Survey of India. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. ^ Chandra, Kailash; Gupta, Devanshu (2014-06-01). "Studies on Tribe Gymnopleurini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with A Checklist from India". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 84 (2): 317–330. doi:10.1007/s40011-013-0229-z. S2CID 17658333. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  4. ^ "Gymnopleurus gemmatus (Harold, 1871)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  5. ^ "Chromosome studies on four species of Scarabaeinae (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera)". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.