Paragymnopleurus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Gymnopleurini
Genus: Paragymnopleurus
Species (13): P. ambiguus – P. brahminus – P. martinezi – P. maurus – P. melanarius – P. planus – P. rudis – P. sinuatus – P. sparsus – P. spinotus – P. stipes – P. striatus – P. sumatrensis

In synonymy (1): P. singularis
Name

Paragymnopleurus Shipp, 1897

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Paragymnopleurus sinuatus

References
Primary references

Shipp 1897: Entomologist, 30: 166.

Additional references

Génier, F. 2003: New synonymy in the genus Paragymnopleurus Shipp (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Coleopterists bulletin 57(2): 122. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2003)057[0122:NSITGP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Ochi, T.; Kon, M.; Kikuta, T. 1997: Studies on the family Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo 2. The genera Paragymnopleurus and Sisyphus. Giornale italiano di entomologia, 8: 239–250.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 27, 2017]

Paragymnopleurus[1] is a genus of Asian dung beetles in the tribe Scarabaeini. Species have been recorded from Asia.[2]

Description

Paragymnopleurus are medium-sized, powerful scarab beetles, often black with a metallic lustre. The head is broad and shovel-shaped, the body short and broad. The pronotum is at least as wide as the elytra, which lack dotted stripes. The legs are powerful, with large teeth on the outsides. The forelegs have tarsi which are very short and slender. The body surface often seems somewhat rough or dented, and many species have patterns of hair-like scales.
Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[2] lists:

Paragymnopleurus ambiguus Janssens, 1945
Paragymnopleurus brahminus (Waterhouse, 1890)
Paragymnopleurus martinezi (Balthasar, 1955)
Paragymnopleurus maurus (Sharp, 1875)
Paragymnopleurus melanarius (von Harold, 1867)
Paragymnopleurus planus (Sharp, 1875)
Paragymnopleurus rudis (Sharp, 1875)
Paragymnopleurus sinuatus (Olivier, 1789)
Paragymnopleurus sparsus (Sharp, 1875)
Paragymnopleurus spinotus Boucomont, 1914
Paragymnopleurus stipes (Sharp, 1875)
Paragymnopleurus striatus (Sharp, 1875)
Paragymnopleurus sumatrensis Ochi & Kon, 1997

References

Shipp JW (1897) On the genus Gymnopleurus Illiger, with a list of species and descriptions of two new genera. The Entomologist 30:62-66; 131-135; 166-168.
GBIF: Paragymnopleurus Shipp, 1897 (retrieved 23 August 2021)