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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Aphodiine Dung Beetles (Aphodiinae) » Eupariini » Ataenius » Ataenius punctifrons 0 (Ataenius punctifrons)

Species Ataenius punctifrons - Ataenius punctifrons 0

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · See Also · Works Cited
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 Aphodiinae (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)
Tribe Eupariini
Genus Ataenius
Species punctifrons (Ataenius punctifrons 0)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
listed as a syn. of A. texanus in (1)
Explanation of Names
Ataenius punctifrons Cartwright 1974
Range
c US (OH-ND to LA-AZ) - Map(2)(3)
Season
late Jan-Oct(2)
See Also
differs from A. texanus in the noticeably punctate frons and upper clypeus and in punctures of the anterior femora being along the posterior half, leaving the anterior part nearly smooth. Abdominal fluting of 5th sternum longer at middle than at sides(2)
Works Cited
1.Checklist and Nomenclatural Authority File of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm. Version 4.
Andrew B. T. Smith. 2009. Electronically published, Ottawa, Canada. 97 pp.
2.Ataenius, Aphotaenius, and Pseudataenius of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
Oscar L. Cartwright. 1974. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 154.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by v belov on 10 May, 2019 - 3:28pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 July, 2023 - 10:46am

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