Ateuchus Ateuchus biller som hører til familien skarabider (Scarabaeidae). Disse billene har larver som utvikler seg i møkk som de graver ned.
Utseende
Middelsttore (5-10 millimeter), bredt ovale, hvelvede, mer eller mindre svarte gjødselbiller. Dekkvingene har tydelige punktrader. Beina er ofte rødbrune.
Levevis
Larvene lever av møkk som de voksne billene har gravd ned.
Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Amerika, de fleste av artene i Mellom- og Sør-Amerika, men også noen i det sørlige USA.
Systematisk inndeling
Treliste
Ordenen biller , Coleoptera
Underordenen Polyphaga
Overfamilien skarabider , Scarabaeoidea
Familien skarabider , (Scarabaeidae) Latreille , 1806Underfamilien gjødselgravere (Scarabaeinae) Latreille , 1806Stammen Ateuchini Montreuil, 1998
Understammen Ateuchina
Slekten Ateuchus Weber, 1801 - 92 arter, 7 i Nord-Amerika
Ateuchus aeneomicans (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus alipioi Pereira, 1954 Ateuchus ambiguus Martinez & Martinez, 1990 Ateuchus apicatus (Harold, 1867) Ateuchus asperatus (Harold, 1881) Ateuchus balthasari Martinez, 1952 Ateuchus bordoni Martinez & Martinez, 1990 Ateuchus brevis (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus calcaratus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus candezei (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus carbonarius (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus carcavalloi Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976 Ateuchus carolinae Kohlmann, 1981 Ateuchus cernyi Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus chrysopyge (Bates, 1887) Ateuchus columbianus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus confusus Martinez & Martinez, 1987 Ateuchus connexus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus contractus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus earthorum Kohlmann & Solis, 2009 Ateuchus ecuadorensis Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus euchalceus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus femoratus (Fabricius , 1801) Ateuchus fetteri Kohlmann, 1996 Ateuchus floridensis Génier, 2000 Ateuchus freudei Balthasar, 1966 Ateuchus fuscipes Blanchard, 1846 Ateuchus fuscoruber Blanchard, 1846 Ateuchus gershensoni Kohlmann, 2000 Ateuchus ginae Kohlmann, 1996 Ateuchus globulus Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus granigerus (Harold, 1875) Ateuchus guatemalensis (Bates, 1887) Ateuchus halffteri Kohlmann, 1981 Ateuchus hamatus Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus hendrichsi Kohlmann, 1996 Ateuchus histeroides Weber, 1801 Ateuchus histrio Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus hoplopygus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus howdeni Kohlmann, 1996 Ateuchus hypocrita Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus illaesus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus irinus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus klugi (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus laetitiae Kohlmann, 1981 Ateuchus laevicollis (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus lateralis (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus latus Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus lecontei (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus loricatus Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus luciae Marshall, 1966 Ateuchus murrayi (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus mutilatus (Harold, 1867) Ateuchus myrmecophilus Boucomont, 1935 Ateuchus nitidulus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840 Ateuchus oblongus (Harold, 1883) Ateuchus opacipennis Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus ovalis Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus parvus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus pauki Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus pauperatus Germar, 1824 Ateuchus perezvelai Kohlmann, 2000 Ateuchus perpusillus Kohlmann, 2000 Ateuchus persplendens Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus peruanus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus procerus (Harold, 1883) Ateuchus pruneus Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus puncticollis (Harold, 1867) Ateuchus pygidialis (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus rispolii Martinez, 1952 Ateuchus robustus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus rodriguezi (Preudhomme de Borre, 1886) Ateuchus romani Boucomont, 1927 Ateuchus scatimoides Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus scrupulosus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus semicribratus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus setulosus Balthasar, 1939 Ateuchus simplex Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 Ateuchus solisi Kohlmann, 1996 Ateuchus squalidus (Fabricius , 1775) Ateuchus steinbachi Boucomont, 1928 Ateuchus striatulus Preduhomme de Borre, 1886 Ateuchus subquadratus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus substriatus (Harold, 1868) Ateuchus tenebrosus Balthasar, 1945 Ateuchus texanus (Robinson, 1948) Ateuchus tridenticeps Arrow, 1913 Ateuchus viduus Blanchard, 1846 Ateuchus vigilans Lansberge, 1874 Ateuchus viridimicans Boucomont, 1935 Ateuchus vividus Germar, 1824 Ateuchus zoebischi Kohlmann, 1996 Kilder
Génier, F. (2000) A new North American Ateuchus Weber (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin 54(3): 341-346.
Kohlmann, B. (1996) The Costa Rican species of Ateuchus (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 44(3)/45(1): 177-192.
Kohlmann, B. (2000) New species and distribution records of Mesoamerican Ateuchus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 48 (1)
Kohlmann, B. & Solis, A. (2009) New species of Ateuchus and Canthidium (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 2219: 31-37. Eksterne lenker
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