Gymnopleurus parvus

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Gymnopleurus parvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Genus:
Gymnopleurus
Species:
G. parvus
Binomial name
Gymnopleurus parvus
(MacLeay, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus parvusMacLeay, 1821

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

Description

This oval, medium convex species has an average length of about 7 to 8 mm. Body dark, coppery or greenish-black and sometimes steely blue. Dorsum covered with minute greyish setae. There is a common spot at the base of the elytral suture. Clypeus produced into two lobes in front. Pronotum highly convex and elytra finely densely granular. Pygidium densely granular and setose. Male has flat spur of the front tibia, whereas female has slender and sharply pointed spur of front tibia. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gymnopleurus parvus". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India" (PDF). Zoo's Print Journal, 2000. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. ↑ "A new cytological record of two scarab beetle species from the genus Gymnopleurus Illiger, 1803 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2014; 2 (2): 8-10. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  4. ↑ "Gymnopleurus parvus (MacLeay, 1821)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-22.


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