Ateuchus

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Ateuchus
Ateuchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Ateuchini
Genus: Ateuchus
Weber, 1801
Synonyms

Choeridium Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Ateuchus histeroides, Alabama

Ateuchus is a genus of some 100 species of

Neotropics.[1][2][3]

Description

The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is concealed, the elytra have eight striae (grooves), and the clypeus is bidentate.[4]

Species

These 102 species belong to the genus Ateuchus:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ateuchus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  2. ^ "Ateuchus". GBIF. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  3. ^ a b "Ateuchus Weber, 1801". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  4. ^ Moctezuma, V.; Sánchez-Huerta, J. L.; Halffter, G. (2018-03-29). "Two new species of Ateuchus with remarks on ecology, distributions, and evolutionary relationships". ZooKeys (747): 71–86.
    PMID 29674904
    . Retrieved 3 April 2018.