Gymnoloma pusilla
| Gymnoloma pusilla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoloma |
| Species: | G. pusilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoloma pusilla Péringuey, 1902
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Gymnoloma pusilla is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.5 mm (0.14 in). They are very similar to Gymnoloma parvula, but smaller. The shape and sculpture of the head and of the outer teeth of the anterior tibiae are similar, but the pronotum is not grooved longitudinally in the centre, and is uniformly covered with small, elongate, slightly flavescent scales. The elytra are also uniformly clothed with similar scales, and the pygidial part and the abdomen are scaly.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gymnoloma pusilla 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.