''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropical Realm, Neotropics.

Description

The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The Scutellum (insect anatomy), scutellum is concealed, the elytron, elytra have eight striae (grooves), and the Clypeus (arthropod anatomy), clypeus is bidentate.

Species

These 102 species belong to the genus ''Ateuchus'': * ''Ateuchus aeneomicans'' (Harold, 1868) (Neotropics) * ''Ateuchus alipioi'' (Pereira, 1954) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus alutacius'' Kohlmann & Solis, 2012 (Costa Rica) * ''Ateuchus alvarezi'' (Martinez & Halffter, 1986) (Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana) * ''Ateuchus ambiguus'' Martinez & Martinez, 1990 (Venezuela) * ''Ateuchus apicatus'' (Harold, 1867) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay) * ''Ateuchus asperatus'' (Harold, 1881) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus balthasari'' Martinez, 1952 (Paraguay) * ''Ateuchus bordoni'' Martinez & Martinez, 1990 (Venezuela) * ''Ateuchus breve'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus calcaratus'' (Harold, 1868) (Panama, French Guiana, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus candezei'' (Harold, 1868) (Neotropics) * ''Ateuchus carbonarius'' (Harold, 1868) (Argentina, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus carcavalloi'' Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976 (Argentina, Bolivia) * ''Ateuchus carolinae'' Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus cernyi'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus chrysopygus'' (Bates, 1887) (Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras) * ''Ateuchus colossus'' Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta & Halffter, 2018 (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus columbianus'' (Harold, 1868) (Colombia, Peru) * ''Ateuchus confusus'' Martinez & Martinez, 1987 (Bolivia) * ''Ateuchus connexus'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana) * ''Ateuchus contractus'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Paraguay) * ''Ateuchus convexus'' (Balthasar, 1965) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus cujuchi'' Génier, 2015 (Bolivia) * ''Ateuchus earthorus'' Kohlmann & Solis, 2009 (Costa Rica) * ''Ateuchus ecuadorensis'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Ecuador) * ''Ateuchus euchalceus'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Bolivia, Argentina) * ''Ateuchus fedescobari'' Montoya-Molina, 2021 (Colombia) * ''Ateuchus femoratus'' Fabricius, 1801 (Guyana) * ''Ateuchus fetteri'' Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica) * ''Ateuchus floridensis'' Génier, 2000 (Florida) * ''Ateuchus freudei'' (Balthasar, 1966) (Brazil, Colombia) * ''Ateuchus frontale'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Bolivia) * ''Ateuchus fuscipes'' (Blanchard, 1845) (Bolivia) * ''Ateuchus genieri'' Montoya-Molino, 2019 (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus gershensoni'' Kohlmann, 2000 (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus ginae'' Kohlmann, 1996 (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua) * ''Ateuchus globulus'' (Boucomont, 1928) (French Guiana, Peru) * ''Ateuchus granigerus'' (Harold, 1875) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus guatemalensis'' (Bates, 1887) (Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) * ''Ateuchus halffteri'' Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus hamatus'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus hendrichsi'' Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica) * ''Ateuchus histeroides'' Weber, 1801 (United States) * ''Ateuchus histrio'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus hoplopygus'' (Harold, 1868) (Colombia) * ''Ateuchus hornai'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus howdeni'' Kohlmann, 1996 (Panama, Costa Rica) * ''Ateuchus hypocrita'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus illaesus'' (Harold, 1868) (Mexico, Grenada, Grenadines, Colombia, Belize, Caribbean) * ''Ateuchus irinus'' (Balthasar, 1939) (French Guiana, Brazil, Suriname) * ''Ateuchus klugi'' (Harold, 1868) (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus laetitiae'' Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico, Belize) * ''Ateuchus laevicolle'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus laterale'' (Harold, 1868) (Argentina) * ''Ateuchus latus'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil, Argentina) * ''Ateuchus lecontei'' (Harold, 1868) (United States) * ''Ateuchus loricatus'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus luciae'' Matthews, 1966 (Saint Lucia) * ''Ateuchus murrayi'' (Harold, 1868) (French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia) * ''Ateuchus mutilatus'' (Harold, 1867) (Argentina, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus myrmecophilus'' (Boucomont, 1935) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus nitidulus'' (Castelnau, 1840) (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus oblongus'' (Harold, 1883) (Brazil, Suriname) * ''Ateuchus opacipennis'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia) * ''Ateuchus ovalis'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus parvus'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Ecuador, Colombia) * ''Ateuchus pauki'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana) * ''Ateuchus pauperatus'' (Germar, 1823) (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay) * ''Ateuchus perezvelai'' Kohlmann, 2000 (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus perpusillus'' Kohlmann, 2000 (Honduras, Guatemala) * ''Ateuchus persplendens'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Colombia) * ''Ateuchus peruanus'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Peru) * ''Ateuchus procerus'' (Harold, 1883) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus pruneus'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus punctatissimus'' (Génier, 2010) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus puncticolle'' (Harold, 1867) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus pygidialis'' (Harold, 1868) (Neotropics) * ''Ateuchus rispolii'' Martinez, 1952 (Argentina) * ''Ateuchus robustus'' (Harold, 1868) (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay) * ''Ateuchus rodriguezi'' (Preudhomme de Borre, 1886) (Neotropics) * ''Ateuchus romani'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Brazil, French Guiana) * ''Ateuchus scatimoides'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Ecuador, Colombia) * ''Ateuchus semicribratus'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus setulosus'' (Balthasar, 1939) (French Guiana, Brazil, Guyana) * ''Ateuchus simplex'' (Le Peletier & Serville, 1828) (French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Peru) * ''Ateuchus solisi'' Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica) * ''Ateuchus squalidus'' (Fabricius, 1775) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus steinbachi'' (Boucomont, 1928) (Bolivia) * ''Ateuchus striatulus'' (Preudhomme de Borre, 1886) (Brazil, Peru) * ''Ateuchus subquadratus'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus substriatus'' (Harold, 1868) (Suriname, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus tenebrosus'' (Balthasar, 1945) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus texanus'' (Robinson, 1948) (Mexico, Texas) * ''Ateuchus tona'' Lopera, Chamorro & Cupello, 2020 (Colombia) * ''Ateuchus tridenticeps'' (Arrow, 1913) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus tuza'' Kohlmann & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018 (Mexico) * ''Ateuchus viduus'' (Blanchard, 1845) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus vigilans'' (Lansberge, 1874) (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus viridimicans'' (Boucomont, 1935) (Paraguay, Brazil) * ''Ateuchus vividus'' Germar, 1823 (Brazil) * ''Ateuchus zoebischi'' Kohlmann, 1996 (Costa Rica)

References

Scarabaeinae {{Scarabaeinae-stub