Ataenius complicatus
| Ataenius complicatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Ataenius |
| Species: | A. complicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius complicatus Harold, 1869 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ataenius complicatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and on Curaçao.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in). They have an elongate-oblong, moderately shiny, partly setaceous, piceous black body.[3]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in cattle dung on pastures, as well as in dry tropical forests.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius complicatus 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Stebnicka, Z. (2006). "The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. VII. Revision of the A. complicatus-group (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 49B (1–2): 89–114. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
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