Gyronotus schuelei
| Gyronotus schuelei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Gyronotus |
| Species: | G. schuelei
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| Binomial name | |
| Gyronotus schuelei Moretto in Moretto & Perissinoto, 2013
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Gyronotus schuelei is a species of 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.
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