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| Parataenius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Eupariini |
| Genus: | Parataenius Balthasar, 1961 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Parataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about six described species in Parataenius.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These six species belong to the genus Parataenius:
- Parataenius brunneus (Schmidt, 1922)
- Parataenius derbesis (Solier, 1851)
- Parataenius estero Stebnicka & Skelley, 2009
- Parataenius martinezi Stebnicka & Skelley, 2009
- Parataenius selvae Stebnicka & Skelley, 2009
- Parataenius simulator (Harold, 1868)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Parataenius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Parataenius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Parataenius genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- 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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