Genus of beetles
Ataenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae . There are at least 290 described species in Ataenius .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Ataenius spretulus
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Further reading
Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea . CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540 .
Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana . Nature Pub.
Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)" . ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi :10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN 1313-2989 . PMC 3088472 . PMID 21594053 .
Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF) . USDA Agriculture Handbook.
Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina . Clemson University Public Service.
LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi :10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN 0665100558 .
Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF) . Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement .
White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897 .
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