Ataenius strigicauda
| Ataenius strigicauda | |
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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. strigicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius strigicauda Bates, 1887 | |
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Ataenius strigicauda is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Becquia, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Tocantins), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico (Michoacán, Puebla, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Croix, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Trinidad & Tobago and the West Indies.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 4.5–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in). They have a piceous to carbon black, more or less shining, and often distinctly microreticulate, subparallel-sided body.[4]
Life history
[edit]Specimens have been collected in cattle excrements.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius strigicauda 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. (2004). "The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. IV. Revision of the A. strigicauda-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini)". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 47 (3–4): 211-228. Retrieved September 24, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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