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Ataenius opatroides (Blanchard, 1847)
 
Ataenius opatroides (Blanchard)
Photo by Paul Skelley.
 
Ataenius opatroides distributional records from southern South America.
 
  Original combination: Oxyomus opatroides Blanchard, 1847: 185.
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  Type locality: “dans les endroits sablonneux à Montevideo et à Maldonado, près de la mer.”
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  Specimens examined: 102 specimens were examined from ABTS, CNCI, FMNH, HAHC, JMEC, LEMQ, MEUC, MNHN, PESC, UCCC, UMCE.
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  Distribution: CHILE (102). V Región de Valparaíso (32): Algarrobo, Cuesta El Melón, Llo-Lleo Playa, Reñaca Alto, Viña del Mar; Región Metropolitana (22): Apoquindo, Cajón del Maipo, Guayacán, El Convento, Los Patos (Putaendo), Maipú, Santiago; VIII Región del Bío-Bío (11): Las Trancas, Recinto (Cordillera
Chillán); IX Región de la Araucanía (21): El Molco, Pucón, Temuco, Victoria (4 km W), Victoria (15 km W), Vilcún (Palihue); X Región de Los Lagos (16): Pucatrihue (Costa Osorno), Santo Domingo, Valdivia.

Stebnicka (2004) also recorded this species from VI Región de O’Higgins and VII Región del Maule. Outside the study region, this species has been recorded from Uruguay and Argentina (Buenos Aires and Córdoba) (Stebnicka 2004).
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  Temporal data: January (24), February (5), April (1), May (20), June (2), July (3), August (1), September (14), October (13), November (8), December (4).
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  Diagnosis: Length 5 mm. Body black, dulled, wide, but weakly flattened. Head and pronotum with extremely indistinct, fine punctures. Pronotum with coarse punctures evident mainly laterally and toward the base.
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  Remarks: Stebnicka (2004) includes A. opatroides in the Ataenius strigicaudus group. Ataenius opatroides is endemic to South America but is primarily found north of the region considered here. It, like most species of Ataenius, is occasionally attracted to light, but its habits are unknown.
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  References:
Stebnicka, Z.T. (2004) The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867. IV. Revision of the A. strigicauda-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 47(3–4), 211–228.
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  Excerpt from:
Smith, A. B. T. and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.
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Authors: Andrew Smith ( Canadian Museum of Nature) and
Paul Skelley (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services).
This website is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0342189.
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