Ataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 290 described species in Ataenius.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Ataenius | |
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| Ataenius imbricatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Eupariini |
| Genus: | Ataenius Harold, 1867 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Ataenius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Browse Ataenius". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Ataenius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Ataenius Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Ataenius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
- Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links edit
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
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