Gymnoloma atomaria
| Gymnoloma atomaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoloma |
| Species: | G. atomaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoloma atomaria (Fabricius, 1781)
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Gymnoloma atomaria is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Western Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–7.5 mm (0.28–0.30 in). Males are black, with the elytra light chocolate-brown, sprinkled with very numerous minute white scales and having on the outer margins of the pronotum three patches of denser white scales that are somewhat connected. The pygidium, sides of the abdomen, and pectus are very densely scaly, with the scales white. Females are similar to males, but with the scales distinctly flavescent or yellow.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gymnoloma atomaria at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1902). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae), Sub-families: Rutelinae, Hopliinae". Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 561–920. Retrieved March 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.