Species Ataenius cognatus - Slender Dung Beetle

Classification · Size · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Ataenius cognatus (LeConte) - Ataenius cognatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)

Tribe Eupariini

Genus Ataenius

Species cognatus (Slender Dung Beetle)

Size

4.2-5.5 mm(1)

Range

Southwestern and middle United States, from southern California east to northern Kansas, Louisiana (see Cartwright 1974, fig. 14), Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi (new state records) and northeastern Mexico(1)

See Also

Most similar to A. strigatus and A. spretulus, but the lack of posterior femoral lines and significantly shallower punctures of the pronotum will quickly distinguish this species. (Stebnicka & Lago 2005)

Biological notes recorded for A. cognatus by Hoffman (1935) almost certainly refer to A. strigatus or A. spretulus.

Print References

Cartwright, O.L. 1974. Ataenius, Aphotaenius and Pseudataenius of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 154: 1-106.

Hoffman, C.H. 1935. Biological notes on Ataenius cognatus (LeC.), a new pest of golf greens in Minnesota. Journal of Economic Entomology, Menasha 28: 666-667.

Works Cited

1.	The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. V. Revision of the A. strigatus-group (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini) By Stebnicka, Z. T., and P. K. Lago

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 November, 2009 - 11:53am
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Last updated 17 January, 2011 - 12:08am

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