Allogymnopleurus

Allogymnopleurus is a genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Gymnopleurini.^[2] It includes 20 species; 17 are restricted to the Afrotropics, one is Afrotropical/Palearctic, and two Oriental.^[3]

Allogymnopleurus
Allogymnopleurus maculosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Tribe:	Gymnopleurini
Genus:	Allogymnopleurus Janssens, 1940[1]

Characters

These include:^[3]

• 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

Gallery

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  Allogymnopleurus thalassinus on zebra dung