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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Eupariini » Parataenius » Parataenius simulator
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Tiny scarab - Parataenius simulator
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

Tiny scarab - Parataenius simulator
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
June 1, 2006
Size: 3mm
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 1 June, 2006 - 10:57pm
Last updated 27 December, 2006 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Ataenius (Parataenius) simulator.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 27 December, 2006 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

almost certainly Ataenius simulator Harold 1868
Ataenius simulator Harold, 1868 has the strongly wrinkled clypeus and arrangement of coarse punctures on the pronotum like your photo. This is now often placed in the genus Parataenius - may gain widespread acceptance here, but may not. This is a quite distinctive and common sp., distributed over most of the world now.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 2 June, 2006 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for the ID! We do not have a species page for that one.
-Sean McCann


triatoma.blogspot.com
… Sean McCann, 2 June, 2006 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

Aphodine dung beetle
:-)
… Jim McClarin, 2 June, 2006 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

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