Parammoecius gibbus

Parammoecius gibbus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Parammoecius
Species:
P. gibbus
Binomial name
Parammoecius gibbus
(Germar, 1816)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius gibbus Germar, 1816
  • Ammoecius transsylvanicus Küster, 1849
  • Aphodius anthracinus Schmidt, 1840

Parammoecius gibbus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in). They have a feebly elongate, convex, glabrous body, with the head and pronotum somewhat shiny and the elytra dull. They are blackish, with the margin of the clypeus and lateral margins of the pronotum reddish. The antennae are brownish with a blackish club and the legs are dark brown-reddish.

References

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  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Parammoecius gibbus 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
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