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| Ataenius scutellaris | |
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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. scutellaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius scutellaris Harold, 1867 | |
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Ataenius scutellaris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 4–4.8 mm (0.16–0.19 in). They have a shining, carbon black or piceous body.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Neotropical: Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rondônia, São Paulo), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Honduras, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Puebla, Veracruz), Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Croix, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Thomas, Saint Vincent, Suriname, Tortola, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela. Oriental: India, Malaysia, Mascarenes, Seychelles, Vanuatu. Madagascan: Madagascar.[3][2]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in forests and in pasture areas, where it may be found in human excrements, as well as in bovine and Guzera droppings.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Stebnicka, Z. (2007). "The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. VIII. Revision of the A. scutellaris-group and diagnosis of the A. texanus-carinator group with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 50B (2): 45–81. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius scutellaris 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.
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