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Summary

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 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...