Gymnopleurus miliaris explained

Gymnopleurus miliaris is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bhutan.[1] [2]

Description

This broad, less convex species has an average length of about 7.5 to 11.5 mm. Body bluish black to dark green or coppery with grey setae on dorsum. Head densely granulate. Clypeus consists with four blunt lobes at its front edge. Pronotum densely granulate. Elytra densely granulate. Pygidium granular and setose at the base.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gymnopleurus miliaris (Fabricius, 1775) . 2021-07-20 . www.gbif.org . en.
  2. Kailash . Chandra. Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India . 10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.15.11.359-62. free. Zoos' Print Journal. 15. 11. 359–362. 2000 . ResearchGate . 2021-07-20 .
  3. Web site: Gymnopleurus miliaris (Fabricius, 1775) . 2021-07-20 . India Biodiversity Portal.
  4. Veenakumari . K. . Veeresh . G. K. . 1996 . Notes on the feeding and breeding behaviour of Gymnopleurus gemmatus Harold and Gymnopleurus miliaris (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) . 2021-07-20 . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 93 . 1 . 13–19.

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