Gymnopleurus miliaris is a species of dung beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bhutan.[1][2]
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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. miliaris
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| Gymnopleurus miliaris (Fabricius, 1775)
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Description
editThis 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]
References
edit- ^ "Gymnopleurus miliaris (Fabricius, 1775)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ Chandra, Kailash (2000). "Inventory of scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India". Zoos' Print Journal. 15 (11): 359–362. doi:10.11609/JoTT.ZPJ.15.11.359-62. Retrieved 2021-07-20 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Gymnopleurus miliaris (Fabricius, 1775)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ Veenakumari, K.; Veeresh, G. K. (1996). "Notes on the feeding and breeding behaviour of Gymnopleurus gemmatus Harold and Gymnopleurus miliaris (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 93 (1): 13–19. Retrieved 2021-07-20.