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Species Ataenius stephani

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 (strigatus-group)

Species stephani (Ataenius stephani)

Explanation of Names

Ataenius stephani Cartwright 1974

named in honor of Karl Stephan(1)

Size

4.8‒5.2 mm(2)

Range

CA‒AZ, TX, Mexico(2)(3), spreading with sod used on golf courses (P.E. Skelley, pers.comm.)

Habitat

Once a rare riparian species, it is now a turf species on irrigated lawns (P.E. Skelley, pers.comm.)

Season

9.iv‒19.ix(1)

Works Cited

1.	Ataenius, Aphotaenius, and Pseudataenius of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) Oscar L. Cartwright. 1974. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 154.

2.	The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. V. Revision of the A. strigatus-group (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini) Stebnicka Z T., Lago P. K. 2005. Insecta Mundi 19: 55‒83.

3.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

Contributed by v belov on 28 December, 2009 - 6:58am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 September, 2024 - 4:22pm

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