Gymnoloma subsulcata

Gymnoloma subsulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Gymnoloma
Species:
G. subsulcata
Binomial name
Gymnoloma subsulcata

Gymnoloma subsulcata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm (0.24 in). They are black, covered with very short greyish hairs on the head and pronotum, the latter being fringed with bristly marginal long hairs, and the median sulcus and the sides have a few scattered, elongate whitish scales, which sparsely cover the scutellum. The elytra are distinctly bi-costulate on each side, the outer costa disappearing past the median part, and the space between the costae is filled with not closely set, elongate white scales, the whole pygidial part and underside are densely scaly, the scales being elongate.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gymnoloma subsulcata 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.
  3. ^ 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.