''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of

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scarab beetles (

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) in the subfamily

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. They are found mainly in the

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Description

The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is concealed, the

elytra An elytron (; ; : elytra, ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometime ...

have eight striae (grooves), and the

clypeus The clypeus is one of the sclerites that make up the face of an arthropod. In insects, the clypeus delimits the lower margin of the face, with the labrum articulated along the ventral margin of the clypeus. The mandibles bracket the labrum, but ...

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 ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' Martinez, 1952 (Paraguay) * '' Ateuchus bordoni'' Martinez & Martinez, 1990 (Venezuela) * ''

Ateuchus breve ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is c ...

'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil) * ''

Ateuchus calcaratus ''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. T ...

'' (Harold, 1868) (Panama, French Guiana, Brazil) * '' Ateuchus candezei'' (Harold, 1868) (

) * ''

Ateuchus carbonarius ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Harold, 1868) (Argentina, Brazil) * ''

Ateuchus carcavalloi ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976 (Argentina, Bolivia) * ''

Ateuchus carolinae ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' Kohlmann, 1981 (Mexico) * ''

Ateuchus cernyi ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Brazil) * ''

Ateuchus chrysopygus ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Bates, 1887) (Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras) * ''

Ateuchus colossus ''Ateuchus colossus'', is a species of dung beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. It is found from three locations of the region of Los Chimalapas, Mexico. Etymology The scientific name ''colossus'', meaning ''huge'', where it is the l ...

'' Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta & Halffter, 2018 (Mexico) * ''

Ateuchus columbianus ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Harold, 1868) (Colombia, Peru) * ''

Ateuchus confusus ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' Martinez & Martinez, 1987 (Bolivia) * ''

Ateuchus connexus ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Harold, 1868) (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana) * ''

Ateuchus contractus ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Balthasar, 1939) (Paraguay) * ''

Ateuchus convexus ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (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 ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' 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 ''Ateuchus'' is a genus of some 100 species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the subfamily Scarabaeinae. They are found mainly in the Neotropics. Description The species range in shape from oval to very convex. The scutellum is co ...

'' (Boucomont, 1935) (Brazil) * ''

Ateuchus nitidulus ''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. T ...

'' (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 ''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. T ...

'' (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