Ateuchus Explained

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 concealed, the elytra have eight striae (grooves), and the 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)