Ateuchus

Ateuchus
Ateuchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Tribe:	Ateuchini
Genus:	Ateuchus Weber, 1801
Synonyms
Choeridium Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Ateuchus histeroides, Alabama

Ateuchus is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is concealed, the elytra have eight striae (grooves), and the clypeus is bidentate. ^[4]

Species

These 102 species belong to the genus Ateuchus: ^[3]

• Ateuchus aeneomicans (Harold, 1868) (Neotropics)
• Ateuchus alipioi (Pereira, 1954) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus alutacius Kohlmann & Solis, 2012 (Costa Rica)
• Ateuchus alvarezi (Martinez & Halffter, 1986) (Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana)
• Ateuchus ambiguus Martinez & Martinez, 1990 (Venezuela)
• Ateuchus apicatus (Harold, 1867) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Ateuchus asperatus (Harold, 1881) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus balthasari Martinez, 1952 (Paraguay)
• Ateuchus bordoni Martinez & Martinez, 1990 (Venezuela)
• Ateuchus breve (Harold, 1868) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus calcaratus (Harold, 1868) (Panama, French Guiana, Brazil)
• Ateuchus candezei (Harold, 1868) (Neotropics)
• Ateuchus carbonarius (Harold, 1868) (Argentina, Brazil)
• Ateuchus carcavalloi Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976 (Argentina, Bolivia)
• Ateuchus carolinae Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico)
• Ateuchus cernyi (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus chrysopygus (Bates, 1887) (Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras)
• Ateuchus colossus Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta & Halffter, 2018 (Mexico)
• Ateuchus columbianus (Harold, 1868) (Colombia, Peru)
• Ateuchus confusus Martinez & Martinez, 1987 (Bolivia)
• Ateuchus connexus (Harold, 1868) (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana)
• Ateuchus contractus (Balthasar, 1939) (Paraguay)
• Ateuchus convexus (Balthasar, 1965) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus cujuchi Génier, 2015 (Bolivia)
• Ateuchus earthorus Kohlmann & Solis, 2009 (Costa Rica)
• Ateuchus ecuadorensis (Boucomont, 1928) (Ecuador)
• Ateuchus euchalceus (Balthasar, 1939) (Bolivia, Argentina)
• Ateuchus fedescobari Montoya-Molina, 2021 (Colombia)
• Ateuchus femoratus Fabricius, 1801 (Guyana)
• Ateuchus fetteri Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica)
• Ateuchus floridensis Génier, 2000 (Florida)
• Ateuchus freudei (Balthasar, 1966) (Brazil, Colombia)
• Ateuchus frontale (Boucomont, 1928) (Bolivia)
• Ateuchus fuscipes (Blanchard, 1845) (Bolivia)
• Ateuchus genieri Montoya-Molino, 2019 (Brazil)
• Ateuchus gershensoni Kohlmann, 2000 (Mexico)
• Ateuchus ginae Kohlmann, 1996 (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
• Ateuchus globulus (Boucomont, 1928) (French Guiana, Peru)
• Ateuchus granigerus (Harold, 1875) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus guatemalensis (Bates, 1887) (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)
• Ateuchus halffteri Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico)
• Ateuchus hamatus (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus hendrichsi Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica)
• Ateuchus histeroides Weber, 1801 (United States)
• Ateuchus histrio (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus hoplopygus (Harold, 1868) (Colombia)
• Ateuchus hornai (Balthasar, 1939) (Mexico)
• Ateuchus howdeni Kohlmann, 1996 (Panama, Costa Rica)
• Ateuchus hypocrita (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus illaesus (Harold, 1868) (Mexico, Grenada, Grenadines, Colombia, Belize, Caribbean)
• Ateuchus irinus (Balthasar, 1939) (French Guiana, Brazil, Suriname)
• Ateuchus klugi (Harold, 1868) (Mexico)
• Ateuchus laetitiae Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico, Belize)
• Ateuchus laevicolle (Harold, 1868) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus laterale (Harold, 1868) (Argentina)
• Ateuchus latus (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil, Argentina)
• Ateuchus lecontei (Harold, 1868) (United States)
• Ateuchus loricatus (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus luciae Matthews, 1966 (Saint Lucia)
• Ateuchus murrayi (Harold, 1868) (French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia)
• Ateuchus mutilatus (Harold, 1867) (Argentina, Brazil)
• Ateuchus myrmecophilus (Boucomont, 1935) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus nitidulus (Castelnau, 1840) (Mexico)
• Ateuchus oblongus (Harold, 1883) (Brazil, Suriname)
• Ateuchus opacipennis (Boucomont, 1928) (Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia)
• Ateuchus ovalis (Boucomont, 1928) (Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil)
• Ateuchus parvus (Balthasar, 1939) (Ecuador, Colombia)
• Ateuchus pauki (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana)
• Ateuchus pauperatus (Germar, 1823) (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
• Ateuchus perezvelai Kohlmann, 2000 (Mexico)
• Ateuchus perpusillus Kohlmann, 2000 (Honduras, Guatemala)
• Ateuchus persplendens (Balthasar, 1939) (Colombia)
• Ateuchus peruanus (Balthasar, 1939) (Peru)
• Ateuchus procerus (Harold, 1883) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus pruneus (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus punctatissimus (Génier, 2010) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus puncticolle (Harold, 1867) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus pygidialis (Harold, 1868) (Neotropics)
• Ateuchus rispolii Martinez, 1952 (Argentina)
• Ateuchus robustus (Harold, 1868) (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
• Ateuchus rodriguezi (Preudhomme de Borre, 1886) (Neotropics)
• Ateuchus romani (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil, French Guiana)
• Ateuchus scatimoides (Balthasar, 1939) (Ecuador, Colombia)
• Ateuchus semicribratus (Harold, 1868) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus setulosus (Balthasar, 1939) (French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana)
• Ateuchus simplex (Le Peletier & Serville, 1828) (French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru)
• Ateuchus solisi Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica)
• Ateuchus squalidus (Fabricius, 1775) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus steinbachi (Boucomont, 1928) (Bolivia)
• Ateuchus striatulus (Preudhomme de Borre, 1886) (Brazil, Peru)
• Ateuchus subquadratus (Harold, 1868) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus substriatus (Harold, 1868) (Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil)
• Ateuchus tenebrosus (Balthasar, 1945) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus texanus (Robinson, 1948) (Mexico, Texas)
• Ateuchus tona Lopera, Chamorro & Cupello, 2020 (Colombia)
• Ateuchus tridenticeps (Arrow, 1913) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus tuza Kohlmann & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018 (Mexico)
• Ateuchus viduus (Blanchard, 1845) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil)
• Ateuchus vigilans (Lansberge, 1874) (Brazil)
• Ateuchus viridimicans (Boucomont, 1935) (Paraguay, Brazil)
• Ateuchus vividus Germar, 1823 (Brazil)
• Ateuchus zoebischi Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica)

References

1. "Ateuchus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
2. "Ateuchus". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
3. "Ateuchus Weber, 1801". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
4. Moctezuma, V.; Sánchez-Huerta, J. L.; Halffter, G. (2018-03-29). "Two new species of Ateuchus with remarks on ecology, distributions, and evolutionary relationships". ZooKeys (747): 71–86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.747.22731 . PMC   5904362 . PMID   29674904 . Retrieved 3 April 2018.