Gymnopleurini is a tribe of scarab beetles, in the dung beetle subfamily (Scarabaeinae),[1] but it may now be combined with the Scarabaeini.

[2] The side edge of each elytron (hardened fore-wing protecting the hind-wing) has a characteristic shape that exposed the underlying pleural sclerites (side plates of the abdomen).

Relative to other dung beetles they are of moderate size (10–18 mm long).

A short tunnel is dug in the soil, and the ball is buried at the end of it.

The brood is then abandoned; after hatching, larvae feed on the dung ball.