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]
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| Allogymnopleurus maculosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Gymnopleurini |
| Genus: | Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 1940[1] |
Characters
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- 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
Gallery
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Allogymnopleurus thalassinus on zebra dung
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Allogymnopleurus.
- ^ Janssens, André (1940). "Monographie des Gymnopleurides (Coleoptera Lamellicornia)". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. 2 (in French). 18: 3–73.
- ^ "Allogymnopleurus - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b 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.