Ateuchus

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Ateuchus
Insect Specimen from LAKE Collection (34185314045).jpg
Ateuchus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Ateuchini
Genus: Ateuchus
Weber, 1801
Synonyms

Choeridium Lepeletier & Serville, 1828

Ateuchus is a genus of some 70 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae.[1][2]

Description[]

Species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is concealed, the elytra have eight striae, and the clypeus is bidentate.[3]

Species[]

The list is according to the Catalogue of Life.

References[]

  1. ^ ITIS: Ateuchus
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2014-04-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.747.22731. PMC 5904362. PMID 29674904. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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