Pegylis gestroi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
Description Adults reach a length of about . The head is leathery, finely rugulose-punctate, not emarginate, with a raised suture. The thorax covered with minute hairs and the elytra are evenly rugulose-punctate, finely hairy, spotted with reddish. The pygidium and abdomen are clothed in grey, the latter is also lightly spotted at the sides. They are similar to Pegylis maculipennis. However, in that species, the clypeus is slightly sinuate, the frons is carinate, and the pronotum, scutellum, and elytra are leathery. Furthermore, maculipennis differs in size, measuring in length and in width, which results in a different, much narrower body shape.
Etymology The species is named in honour of the Italian entomologist Raffaello Gestro.
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