Numbers
~70 spp. in 10 genera in our area, >340 spp. in 31 genera in the New World, ~570 spp. in ~45 genera worldwide
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Tribe Eupariini [updated from
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Aphotaenius carolinus (Van Dyke); eastern US
Ataeniopsis duncani (Cartwright); Central and SW-USA
Ataeniopsis edistoi Cartwright; SC, FL
Ataeniopsis figurator (Harold); SE-USA, Mexico
Ataeniopsis parkeri (Cartwright); SW-USA, Mexico
Ataeniopsis rugopygus (Cartwright); Central and SW-USA
Ataeniopsis saxatilis (Cartwright); GA, SC, NC
Ataenius aequalis Harold; N-Argentina to S- US, and West Indies
=Ataenius insulicola Chapin
=Ataenius titschacki Balthasar
Ataenius alternatus (Melsheimer); SE-US, Mexico
Ataenius apicalis Hinton; Honduras, Mexico, E-USA
Ataenius abditus (Haldeman); widespread New World
Ataenius barberi Cartwright; TX,AZ-USA
Ataenius brevicollis (Wollaston); SE-USA, West Indies, Madeira Is., Canary Is., Portugal
=Pleurophorus chopardi Paulian
=Ataenius frankenbergeri Balthasar
=Ataenius lherminiari Paulian
=Auperia sulcatula Chevrolat
Ataenius brevis Fall; E-USA -
Type
Ataenius californicus Horn; SW-USA -
Type
Ataenius carinator Harold; Mexico to S. America, FL-USA (introduced), West Indies
=Ataenius vincentiae Arrow
Ataenius cognatus (LeConte); SW-USA, Mexico
Ataenius confertus Fall; SW-USA, Baja California
=Ataenius cribratus VanDyke
Ataenius cylindrus Horn; SE-USA -
Type
=Ataenius cylindricus Horn in Schmidt (misspelling)
=Ataenius horni Harold
Ataenius desertus Horn; SW-USA, Mexico -
Type
Ataenius ecruensis Stebnicka and Lago; E-USA
Ataenius erratus Fall; SE-USA -
Type
Ataenius exiguous Brown; SE-USA
Ataenius fattigi Cartwright; E-USA
Ataenius glaseri Cartwright; E-USA
Ataenius gracilis (Melsheimer); US to South America, West Indies, Micronesia, Pacific Islands
=Saprosites nocturnus Nomura
Ataenius heinekeni (Wollaston); SE-US to Central America, Cuba
=Auperia rhyticephalus Chevrolat
=Ataenius floridanus Brown
=Ataenius solitarius Blatchley
=Ataenius vexator Harold
Ataenius hesperius Cartwright; W-USA
Ataenius hirsutus Horn; SW-USA, Mexico -
Type
Ataenius imbricatus (Melsheimer); Central and E-USA to Argentina, W.Indies
=Ataenius sordidus Harold
=Ataenius sculptilis LeConte 1878 [not Ataenius sculptilis Harold 1868]
Ataenius languidus Schmidt; S-USA to Venezuela, West Indies
=Ataenius linelli Cartwright
Ataenius lobatus Horn; SW-USA, Baja California-Mexico -
Type
=Ataenius laeviventris Horn
Ataenius miamii Cartwright; E-USA, Bahamas
Ataenius oklahomensis Brown; S. Central USA (AK, LA, OK, TX)
Ataenius opatrinus Harold; Central and S. America [FL-USA?]
=Ataenius narialis Petrovitz
=Ataenius paraperforatus Deloya and Ibanez-Bernal
=Ataenius woodruffi Cartwright
Ataenius ovatulus Horn; SE-USA (MD-IL and south) -
Type
=Ataenius lecontei Harold
Ataenius peregrinator Harold; Florida to AZ; Indonesia, Philippines, Micronesia, Vietnam, Colombia and Ecuador.
=Ataenius jalapensis Bates (See Galante et al. 2003)
=Ataenius polyglyptus var. jalapensis
=Ataenius polyglyptus var. hieronymi
=Ataenius nunenmacheri Cartwright
=Ataenius stroheckeri Cartwright
=Ataenius sumatrensis Balthasar
Ataenius picinus Harold; nearly cosmopolitan (Americas, Australia, Fiji, Vanuatu)
=Ataenius alegrus Balthasar
=Ataenius boucomontii Paulian
=Ataenius darlingtoni Hinton
=Ataenius duplopunctatus Lea
=Ataenius paracognatus Balthasar
=Ataenius queirosii Paulian
=Saprosites rugosus Richards
=Ataenius salutator Fall
Ataenius platensis (Blanchard); Argentina to S-USA, W. Indies
=Ataenius anticus Fall -
Type
=Ataenius degallieri Chalumeau
=Ataenius granchacoensis Balthasar
=Ataenius heyrovskyi Balthasar
=Ataenius histrionicus Balthasar
=Ataenius integer Harold
Ataenius pseudocarinator Balthasar; US, French Guiana
=Ataenius vandykei Cartwright
Ataenius robustus Horn; Central-US -
Type
Ataenius scabrelloides Petrovitz; Florida; Costa Rica to Bolivia to Brazil
=Ataenius superficialis Cartwright
Ataenius scabrellus Schmidt; Venezuela, West Indies to south Florida-USA
=Ataenius havanensis Balthasar
=Ataenius fleutiauxi Paulian
Ataenius sculptor Harold; SW-US to Colombia
=Ataenius oblongus Horn -
Type
Ataenius setiger Bates; Mexico, SW-US
=Ataenius pseudohirsutus Cartwright
Ataenius spretulus (Haldeman); SE-Canada, US
=Ataenius consors Fall 1930 [not Blackburn 1904] -
Type
=Ataenius falli Hinton
Ataenius stephani Cartwright; AZ-USA, Mexico
Ataenius strigatus (Say); SE-Canada, USA, Mexico
Ataenius texanus Harold; Central USA, Mexico, Central America and West Indies
=Ataenius punctifrons Cartwright
Ataenius utahensis Cartwright; Utah-US
Ataenius waltherhorni Balthasar; E-US, Cuba [was Pseudatanius sp. in Cartwright]
Ataenius wenzelii Horn; SE-USA -
Type
=Ataenius ludovicianus Fall -
Type
=Ataenius rudellus Fall -
Type
Odontolytes denominatus (Chevrolat); USA-FL, Cuba, Mexico and Central America to South America
=Auperia stercorator Chevrolat 1864 [not Ataenius stercorator of Fabricius 1775]
=Ataenius arator Harold
=Ataenius stercorator of Harold 1870 [not Fabricius 1775, not Chevrolat 1864]
=Ataenius euglyptus Bates
=Ataenius denominatus in Schmidt (as synonym of Ataenius stercorator Fabricius)
=Ataenius brevinotus Chapin -
Type
=Ataenius benjaminbanderai Islas
=Ataenius sciurus Cartwright, Woodruff 1973
=Phalangochaeta grandis Petrovitz
Euparia castanea LePeletier and Serville; se US
Euparixia duncani Brown; S.AZ-USA, Mexico
Euparixia moseri Woodruff and Cartwright; E.TX, LA-USA
Haroldiataenius buvexus Stebnicka & Skelley; Big Bend region Texas
Haroldiataenius convexus (Robinson); Southern coastal Texas
Haroldiataenius griffini (Cartwright); Texas
Haroldiataenius lucanus (Horn); Arizona, Baja California, Mexico -
Type
Haroldiataenius saramari (Cartwright); Florida
Haroldiataenius semipilosus (Van Dyke); Texas and Arizona, Mexico
Martineziana dutertrei (Chalumeau); Southern US, South America
Parataenius simulator (Harold); Southern US, South America
Pseudataenius contortus Cartwright; Eastern and southeastern USA, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia
Pseudataenius socialis (Horn); USA, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas -
Type
Recorded from Hawaii; Saprosites pygmaeus Harold, Ataenius pacificus (Sharp)
Print References
Stebnicka Z. 2001. The New World species of Ataenius, Harold, 1867.I. Revision of the A. crenator-group, A. nugator-group and A. perforatus-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 44(3): 253-283.
Stebnicka Z. 2002. The New World Eupariini: Revision of the genus Auperia Chevrolat, 1864 (=Phalangochaeta Martinez, 1952) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 109(4): 741-775.
Stebnicka Z. 2002. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. II. Revision of the West Indian A. terminalis-group. (Col. Scarabaeidae: Eupariini). Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 45(3): 259-281.
Stebnicka Z. 2003. Revision and hypothetical phylogenetic analysis of the species of the New World genus Ataeniopsis (Coleoptera: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). European Journal of Entomology 100: 101-113.
Stebnicka Z. 2003. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. III. Revision of the A. imbricatus-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Eupariini). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 46(3): 219-249.
Stebnicka Z. 2003. Revision and hypothetical phylogenetic analysis of the species of the New World genus Ataeniopsis (Coleoptera: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). European Journal of Entomology 100: 101-113.
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Stebnicka Z. 2005. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867.VI. Revision of the A. aequalis-platensis-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 48B(1-2): 99-138.
Stebnicka Z. & P.E. Skelley. 2005. Review of some New World aphodiine genera and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 48B(1-2): 23-42.
Stebnicka Z. & P.K. Lago. 2005. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867.VI. Revision of the A. strigatus-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Insecta Mundi, 19:55-83.
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Stebnicka Z. 2006. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867.VI. Revision of the A. complicatus-group (Coleoptera: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2): 89-114.
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Stebnicka Z. 2007. The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. VIII. Revision of the A. scutellaris group and diagnosis of the A. texanus-carinator group with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 50B(2): 45-81.
Stebnicka Z. & P.E. Skelley. 2009. A revision of the genus Haroldiataenius Chalumeau (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Insecta Mundi, 62: 1-16.
Stebnicka Z. & P.E. Skelley. 2009. Taxonomic redefinition of the genera Parataenius Balthasar and Pseudataenius Brown, with descriptions of three new species (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Insecta Mundi, 66: 1-18.
Krell, F.-T., G. Dellacasa & M. Dellacasa. 2011. Auperia Jacquelin-Duval is a junior synonym of Euparia Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau and Serville and Odontolytes Kozhantshikov is the valid name for Auperia sensu Stebnicka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Coleop. Bull. 65(2):173-176
