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| Ataenius purator | |
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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. purator |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius purator Harold, 1868 | |
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Ataenius purator is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in). They have an elongate, parallel-sided, shiny black to rusty-brown body.[4]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in savanna areas, wet grasslands and wet forests.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius purator 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.; Lago, P. K. (2005). "The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. V. Revision of the A. strigatus group (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)". Insecta Mundi. 19 (1–2): 55–83. Retrieved September 24, 2026.
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