Allogymnopleurus

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]

Allogymnopleurus
Allogymnopleurus maculosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Gymnopleurini
Genus: Allogymnopleurus
Janssens, 1940[1]

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
  • Allogymnopleurus thalassinus on zebra dung
    Allogymnopleurus thalassinus on zebra dung

References
Wikispecies has information related to Allogymnopleurus.
  1. Janssens, André (1940). "Monographie des Gymnopleurides (Coleoptera Lamellicornia)". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. 2 (in French). 18: 3–73.
  2. "Allogymnopleurus - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. 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.


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