Ataenius

Genus of beetles

Ataenius
Ataenius imbricatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Eupariini
Genus: Ataenius
Harold, 1867
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexalus Mulsant and Rey, 1870
  • Placopterus Schmidt, 1913
  • Pseudammoecius Chalumeau, 1983

Ataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 290 described species in Ataenius.[1][2][3][4][5]

Ataenius spretulus

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ataenius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. ^ "Browse Ataenius". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  3. ^ "Ataenius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. ^ "Ataenius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  5. ^ "Ataenius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-16.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  • Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
  • Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  • Media related to Ataenius at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Ataenius
  • Wikidata: Q633358
  • Wikispecies: Ataenius
  • ADW: Ataenius
  • AFD: Ataenius
  • BioLib: 242693
  • BOLD: 167452
  • BugGuide: 13138
  • CoL: 34TD
  • EoL: 16871
  • EPPO: 1ATAEG
  • Fauna Europaea: 99667
  • Fauna Europaea (new): 6dbc7c50-3a6f-4cf3-a852-5d3df96765c4
  • GBIF: 1065462
  • iNaturalist: 172993
  • IRMNG: 1296508
  • ITIS: 187489
  • NCBI: 207344
  • NZOR: b48b8137-64e2-485f-b017-3293714f084a
  • Open Tree of Life: 539104
  • Paleobiology Database: 226484


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