Ateuchus Weber, 1801

Carvalho, Edrielly C., Maldaner, Maria Eduarda, Costa-Silva, Vinicius, Sehn, Heivanice, Franquini, Carol, Campos, Vinicius O., Seba, Vinicius P., Maia, Lais F., Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. & Franca, Filipe Machado, 2023, Dung beetles from two sustainable-use protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 96101-96101 : 96101

Ateuchus Weber, 1801

Notes

With around 100 species described, this genus needs urgent revision. The last revision of Brazilian Ateuchus species was done by Harold (1868), while Balthasar (1939) represents the last identification key for the genus. Most species occur in North America, Costa Rica and Mexico ( Kohlmann 1984, Kohlmann 1997, Génier 2000, Kohlmann and Vaz-de-Mello 2018) and appear to be copro-necrophagous, including species from open areas and species that live associated with ant nests ( Vaz-de-Mello et al. 1998). Nine species were identified in our study: Ateuchus globulus (Balthasar, 1938), A. cf. pygidialis , A. cf. murrayi , A. semicupreus (Harold, 1868), A. substriatus (Harold, 1868) and Ateuchus sp. 1, Ateuchus sp. 2, Ateuchus sp. 3 and Ateuchus sp. 4 (Fig. 2 A-G).

Figures

Figure 2. Dorsal habitus of dung beetle species collected in the Tapajos National Forest and / or Carajas National Forest A Ateuchus globulus (Balthasar, 1938); B Ateuchus semicupreus (Harold, 1868); C Ateuchus substriatus (Harold, 1868); D Canthidium deyrollei Harold, 1867; E Canthidium melanocephalum (Olivier, 1789); F Canthon conformis Harold, 1868; G Canthon fulgidus Redtenbacher, 1868; M Canthon histrio (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828); I Canthon subhyalinus (Rivera-Cervants & Halffter, 1999); J Canthon semiopacus Harold, 1868; L Canthon triangularis (Drury, 1770). Scale bar: 1 mm.