Gymnopleurus parvus explained

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]

Notes and References

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