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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Ateuchini » Ateuchus

Genus Ateuchus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Beetle - Ateuchus lecontei Dung Beetle - Ateuchus Ateuchus lecontel - Ateuchus lecontei - male Ateuchus lecontel - Ateuchus lecontei - male Dung Beetle - Ateuchus 9048623 SCARAB - Ateuchus histeroides FL Scarab - Ateuchus dung beetle from pony feces - Ateuchus histeroides
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe Ateuchini
Genus Ateuchus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Choeridium LePeletier & Serville 1828
Explanation of Names
Ateuchus Weber 1801
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)(2):
A. floridensis Génier 2000 - central FL sandhills
A. histeroides Weber 1801 - middle & e. NA
A. lecontei (Harold 1868) - coastal e. US
A. texanus (Robinson 1948) - so. TX
Identification
key to spp. in (2)


base of the pronotum does not descend below the level of the base of the elytra - A. lecontei
base of the pronotum descends below the level of the base of the elytra - A. histeroides, A. floridensis
Works Cited
1.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
2.A new North American Ateuchus Weber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)
Génier F. 2000. The Coleopterists Bulletin 54: 341-346.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 3 January, 2006 - 9:53am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2023 - 6:10pm

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