Ataenius gracilis
| Ataenius gracilis | |
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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. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius gracilis (Melsheimer, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ataenius gracilis, the slender small dung beetle, is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 2.8–3.5 mm (0.11–0.14 in).[4]
Distribution
[edit]Neotropical: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mexico (Baja California, Chiapas, Durango, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Croix, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Suriname, Vieques. Nearctic: Canada (Ontario, Quebec), United States (Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin).[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ataenius gracilis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius gracilis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius gracilis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Cook, J.; Peck, S. B. (2000). "Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Galápagos Islands". The Canadian Entomologist. 132 (3): 281-300. Retrieved September 28, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius gracilis 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 28, 2026.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
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