Gymnoschiza gracilipes
| Gymnoschiza gracilipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gymnoschiza |
| Species: | G. gracilipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnoschiza gracilipes (Brenske, 1898) | |
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Gymnoschiza gracilipes is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 14 mm (0.55 in). They are shiny brown, and seemingly without hairs. The pronotum is short, very finely toothed laterally, rather densely punctate, with a sharp ridge at the posterior margin. The scutellum is elongate. The elytra are densely, slightly wrinkled-punctate, only laterally are traces of tiny hairs noticeable in the punctures. The pygidium is more smooth than punctured. The abdomen is uniformly densely punctured, only on the penultimate segment with a row of longer hairs. The thorax and coxae are without hairs.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Gymnoschiza gracilipes 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 May 31, 2026.
- 1 2 Brenske, E. (1898). "Melolonthiden aus Afrika" (PDF). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 59 (4): 333–394. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
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