Ataenius platensis
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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. platensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius platensis (Blanchard, 1847) | |
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Ataenius platensis is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in). They have an elongate-oblong, shining, light brown, reddish brown to piceous body, with the legs usually reddish.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Nearctic: United States (California, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas). Neotropical: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. West Indies: Guadeloupe.[5]
Life history
[edit]It is found in various habitats from sea level to about 1000 meters, where it has been collected from forest litter and cattle dung.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ataenius platensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius platensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius platensis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- 1 2 Stebnicka, Z. (2005). "The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. VI. Revision of the A. aequalis-platensis-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 48B (1–2): 99-138. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius platensis 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.
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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