Gymnopleurus gemmatus explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Bombay Natural History Society. . Society . Bombay Natural History . 1996 . The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. . 93 . 2021-07-20 . Bombay Natural History Society.
2. Web site: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae . 2021-07-20 . Zoological Survey of India.
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 . 2021-07-20 . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences . 84 . 2 . 317–330 . 10.1007/s40011-013-0229-z. 17658333 .
4. Web site: Gymnopleurus gemmatus (Harold, 1871) . 2021-07-20 . India Biodiversity Portal.
5. Web site: Chromosome studies on four species of Scarabaeinae (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) . 2021-07-20 . www.cabdirect.org.