Gymnopleurus gemmatus, is a species of dung beetle found in India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gymnopleurus |
| Species: | G. gemmatus
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| Gymnopleurus gemmatus (Harold, 1871)
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Description
editThis 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]
References
edit- ^ Bombay Natural History Society.; Society, Bombay Natural History (1996). The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol. 93. Bombay Natural History Society. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae". Zoological Survey of India. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ Chandra, Kailash; Gupta, Devanshu (2014-06-01). "Studies on Tribe Gymnopleurini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with A Checklist from India". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences. 84 (2): 317–330. doi:10.1007/s40011-013-0229-z. S2CID 17658333. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Gymnopleurus gemmatus (Harold, 1871)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ "Chromosome studies on four species of Scarabaeinae (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera)". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.