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Allogymnopleurus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Scarabaeidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Subfamily
  
Scarabaeinae

Allogymnopleurus

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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