Ataenius strigatus
| Ataenius strigatus | |
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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. strigatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius strigatus (Say, 1823) | |
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Ataenius strigatus is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Canada (New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec), the United States (Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin) and Mexico (Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz).[4][5]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 3.8–5.5 mm (0.15–0.22 in). They have an elongate-oblong, shiny black body, with the legs usually reddish black.[5]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in cow dung.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ataenius strigatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius strigatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Ataenius strigatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius strigatus 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.
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