Ataenius spretulus
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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. spretulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius spretulus (Haldeman, 1848) | |
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Ataenius spretulus, the black turfgrass ataenius or black fairway beetle, is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the United States (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Canada (Ontario, Quebec) and also in Portugal.[4][5]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 3.6–5.5 mm (0.14–0.22 in). They have an oblong, moderately shiny, black body, with the legs usually reddish-black.[5]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in cow dung, deer droppings, as well as in plant debris.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ataenius spretulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius spretulus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius spretulus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius spretulus 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 24, 2026.
- 1 2 3 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.
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.
External links
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