Gymnoloma parvula
| Gymnoloma parvula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoloma |
| Species: | G. parvula
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoloma parvula (Burmeister, 1844)
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Gymnoloma parvula is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Eastern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm (0.20 in). They are black, and covered with elongate white scales, looking more like squamose hairs in females. In males, the pronotum has a longitudinal denuded median space divided by a thin line of scales set in the shallow median groove. The scales on the elytra are moderately dense and more closely set along the sutural part. The head is densely scaly.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gymnoloma parvula 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 18, 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 18, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.