Gonocephalum dorsogranosum
{{Short description|Species of beetle}}
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| image = Gonocephalum dorsogranosum - Mitul and Vijul Singh - 510019420.jpeg
| genus = Gonocephalum
| species = dorsogranosum
| authority = (Fairmaire, 1896)
| synonyms = Hopatrum dorsogranosum Fairmare, 1896
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Gonocephalum dorsogranosum is a species of darkling beetle in the family Tenebrionidae. It is found in India.{{Cite web |title=Gonocephalum dorsogranosum |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1622867-Gonocephalum-dorsogranosum |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=iNaturalist |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=CABI |date=2019-11-22 |title=Gonocephalum dorsogranosum |url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.25662 |journal=CABI Compendium |volume=CABI Compendium |pages=25662 |doi=10.1079/cabicompendium.25662}}
This species is designated as a pest of the chilli, Capsicum annuum.{{Cite journal |last=Reddy |first=D. N. R. |last2=Puttaswamy |date=1983 |title=Pests infesting chilli (Capsicum annum L.). 2. In the transplanted crop |url=https://worldveg.tind.io/record/3890 |journal=MYSORE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES |language=en}}
Description
The elytra is only internally with flat tubercule rows, which become much smaller towards the sides.{{Cite book |last=Museum G. Frey, Munich. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196092#page/485/mode/1up |title=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München |last2=Museum G. Frey |first2=Munich |last3=Museum G. Frey |first3=Munich |date=1952 |publisher=Eigenverlag |volume=Bd.3 (1952) |location=Münich}} This species is very similar to Gonocephalum catenulatum but the sides are less widely margined and less raised.{{Cite book |last=Société entomologique de Belgique. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46174#page/29/mode/1up |title=Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique |last2=Belgique |first2=Société entomologique de |date=1896 |publisher=Société entomologique de Belgique |volume=t.40 (1896-1897) |location=Bruxelles}}