''Paragymnopleurus''
[Shipp JW (1897) On the genus Gymnopleurus Illiger, with a list of species and descriptions of two new genera. ''The Entomologist'' 30:62-66; 131-135; 166-168.] is a genus of Asian
dung beetles
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scara ...
in the tribe
Scarabaeini
The ScarabaeiniLatreille PA (1802) ''Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3.'' F. Dufart, Paris. are a Tribe (biology), tribe of old-world Scarabaeinae, dung beetle genera, erected by Pierre André ...
. Species have been recorded from Asia.
[GBIF]
''Paragymnopleurus'' Shipp, 1897 (retrieved 23 August 2021)
Description
''Paragymnopleurus'' are medium-sized, powerful scarab beetles, often black with a metallic lustre. The head is broad and shovel-shaped, the body short and broad. The
pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...
is at least as wide as the
elytra
An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...
, which lack dotted stripes. The legs are powerful, with large teeth on the outsides. The forelegs have
tarsi which are very short and slender. The body surface often seems somewhat rough or dented, and many species have patterns of hair-like scales.
Species
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[ lists:
# '' Paragymnopleurus ambiguus'' Janssens, 1945
# '' Paragymnopleurus brahminus'' (Waterhouse, 1890)
# '' Paragymnopleurus martinezi'' (Balthasar, 1955)
# '' Paragymnopleurus maurus'' (Sharp, 1875)
# '' Paragymnopleurus melanarius'' (von Harold, 1867)
# '' Paragymnopleurus planus'' (Sharp, 1875)
# '' Paragymnopleurus rudis'' (Sharp, 1875)
# '' Paragymnopleurus sinuatus'' (Olivier, 1789)
# '' Paragymnopleurus sparsus'' (Sharp, 1875)
# '' Paragymnopleurus spinotus'' Boucomont, 1914
# '' Paragymnopleurus stipes'' (Sharp, 1875)
# '' Paragymnopleurus striatus'' (Sharp, 1875)
# '' Paragymnopleurus sumatrensis'' Ochi & Kon, 1997
]
References
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Scarabaeidae genera
Beetles of Asia