Biology:Allogymnopleurus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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| Allogymnopleurus maculosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnopleurini |
| Genus: | Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 1940[1] |
Allogymnopleurus is a genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Gymnopleurini.[2] It includes 20 species; 17 are restricted to the Afrotropics, one is Afrotropical/Palearctic, and two Oriental.[3]
Characters
These include:[3]
- A suture where the thorax joins the abdomen which is clearly visible (from above) at the edge of the elytra
- A single terminal spur on each mesotibia
- The anterior edge of the clypeus is quadridentate or sexdentate (four or six teeth on the front edge of the head)
- Length ranges from 8.1 to 18.2 mm
Gallery
Allogymnopleurus thalassinus on zebra dung
References
- ↑ Janssens, André (1940). "Monographie des Gymnopleurides (Coleoptera Lamellicornia)" (in fr). Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. 2 18: 3–73. https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/memoirs-of-the-royal-institute-of-natural-sciences-of-belgium-second-series/18-1940/vol-18-0251d5x-text.pdf/at_download/file.
- ↑ "Allogymnopleurus - Wikispecies". https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Allogymnopleurus.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Davis, Adrian L.V.; Frolov, Andrey V.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2008). The African dung beetle genera (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Book House. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9781869192440.
Wikidata ☰ Q4733061 entry
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