Ataenius morator
| Ataenius morator | |
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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. morator |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius morator Harold, 1869 | |
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Ataenius morator is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Tocantins), Colombia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 3.8–4.2 mm (0.15–0.17 in). They have a strongly alutaceous, piceous or greyish black, glabrous body. They are uncoated, but sometimes dusted.[4]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in various habitats including mangrove areas, under vegetation, in bovine dung, and in decomposing bananas.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius morator 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 21, 2026.
- ↑ Gama, E. R.; Skelley, P. E.; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2026). "Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 1038 (1): 1–225. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - 1 2 Stebnicka, Z. (2003). "The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. III. Revision of the A.imbricatus-group sensu lato (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 46 (3): 219-249. Retrieved September 28, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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