Ataenius

Ataenius
Ataenius imbricatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
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

• List of Ataenius species

References

1. "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.

External links

• 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