Deltochilum gilli
| Deltochilum gilli | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Deltochilum |
| Species: | D. gilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Deltochilum gilli González-Alvaredo & Vaz-de-Mello, 2021 | |
Deltochilum gilli is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Guyana (Mount Wokomung).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8 mm (0.31 in). They are brown dorsally with light brown elytra. They are also brown ventrally, with shiny red and green reflections on the metaventral disc, meso- and metafemora and ventrite VI.[3]
Etymology
The species is named after Bruce Gill, a prolific scarabaeiodologist and taxonomist and collector of the several specimens of the gilli species-group.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) gilli 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 June 3, 2026.
- 1 2 3 González-Alvarado, Arturo; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2021). "Towards a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle subgenus Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) Lane, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Division into species-groups". PLoS ONE. 16 (1). Retrieved June 3, 2026.
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