Ataenius picinus
| Ataenius picinus | |
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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. picinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ataenius picinus Harold, 1867 | |
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Ataenius picinus, the pitchy scarab,[2] is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Australia, Central America, North America, Oceania, and South America.[1][3][4]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 4.8–6 mm (0.19–0.24 in). They have an elongate, moderately convex, shiny body. They are black or reddish.[5]
Distribution
[edit]Nearctic: United States (Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas). Neotropical: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Tocantins), Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz), Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. Australia: Australia (Queensland), New Zealand. Pacific: Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Palaearctic: France (Corsica), Italy, Japan, Spain, Tunisia.[6]
Life history
[edit]The larvae have been recorded damaging seedlings, and adults may damage strawberries, potatoes and beans. Specimens are mostly collected in cow and sheep dung, leaf litter, compost heaps and soil, under carrion and stones, and sometimes in decaying fruit and mushrooms.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Ataenius picinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Ataenius picinus (ATAEPI)". EPPO Global Database. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ↑ "Ataenius picinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Ataenius picinus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- 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. - ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ataenius picinus 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.
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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