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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 » aequalis-platensis-group (Ataenius aequalis-platensis-group) » Ataenius platensis

Species Ataenius platensis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
scarab ? - Ataenius platensis Ataenius platensis Coleoptera - Ataenius platensis Coleoptera - Ataenius platensis Ataenius platensis (Blanchard) - Ataenius platensis Dung Beetle? - Ataenius platensis Aphodiine Dung Beetle - Ataenius platensis 822W08 - Ataenius platensis
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
No Taxon (aequalis-platensis-group)
Species platensis (Ataenius platensis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ataenius anticus Fall 1930 Holotype
Explanation of Names
Ataenius platensis (Blanchard 1846)
Size
3–5 mm(1)
Range
CA to IN‒NC‒FL to Argentina; W. Indies(2)
Food
Adults occasionally collected in cow dung, but that may not be the preferred larval food(1)
Remarks
attracted to lights, often extremely abundant; there seems to be a connection between human activities and its abundance(1)
Works Cited
1.A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America.
Smith, A.B.T. and P.E. Skelley. 2007. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 29 January, 2008 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 September, 2024 - 8:28pm

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