Gyronotus perissinottoi
Appearance
Gyronotus perissinottoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Gyronotus |
Species: | G. perissinottoi
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Binomial name | |
Gyronotus perissinottoi Moretto in Moretto & Perissinoto, 2013
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Gyronotus perissinottoi is a species of the scarab beetle. The species was found in South Africa, and formally described in 2013.[1] According to Sci-News, "Gyronotus beetles are regarded among the most endangered of the African scarab beetles because of their sensitivity to disturbance".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Philippe Moretto & Renzo Perissinotto (2013). "Description and ecology of two new species of Gyronotus van Lansberge, 1874 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from southern Africa". ZooKeys (344): 73–82. doi:10.3897/zookeys.344.6101. PMC 3817437. PMID 24194661.
- ^ Enrico de Lazaro (22 October 2013). "Two new species of mysterious scarab beetles found in Southern Africa". Sci-News. Retrieved 23 October 2013.