Allogymnopleurus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Scarabaeidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Coleoptera Subfamily Scarabaeinae

Similar Garreta, Gymnopleurini, Gymnopleurus, Oniticellus, Proagoderus

Allogymnopleurus is a genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Gymnopleurini. It includes 20 species; 17 are restricted to the Afrotropics, one is Afrotropical/Palearctic, and two Oriental.

Characters

These include:

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

References

Allogymnopleurus Wikipedia

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