Ateuchus (scarab beetle)

Abundance: 0.06 to 58.10% (median 3.26%)

Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 37.2°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (2), temperate savanna (2), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (29), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)

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Found in 49 samples

Brazil: Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (contiguous forest), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (diurnal traps), Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (nocturnal traps), Viçosa (cow dung), Viçosa (horse dung), Ilha Solteira, Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge (open habitat), Charles Darwin Ecological Refuge (forest habitat), Barreiro Protection Area (forest), Manga Rosa, Morro do Elefante, Morro do Cerrito, Campus da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (1 ha forest fragment), Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project (10 ha forest fragment), Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ (dry season), Floresta Nacional Contendas do Sincorâ (wet season), Area de Proteçäo Ambiental de Cafuringa (feces-baited), Guajarâ Mirim e Nova Mamoré (baço bovino)

Colombia: Elí Farm (howler monkey dung baited), Elí Farm (woolly monkey dung baited), Serranía de Coroza (dry forest, rainy season), Serranía de Coroza (livestock use area, rainy season)

Ecuador: Chiruisla Station, Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (May 1975), Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (February 1976), Centro Cientifico de Rio Palenque (July 1976)

French Guiana: Paracou (roadside forest), Nouragues Biological Field Station (hour 21), Nouragues Research Station (2003 FIT/creek), Paracou (interior forest), Nouragues Research Station (November 2007), Amazone Nature Lodge (February 2009), Mont Grand Matoury National Nature Reserve (February 2009)

Mexico: Boca del Chajul, Los Tuxtlas (continuous forest), Los Tuxtlas (howlers present), San Martín Volcano (forest fragments), Vicente Guerrero (IF), San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges), Tepexco (June)

Suriname: Kutari

United States: Blackbeard Island, Cumberland Island, Welder Wildlife Refuge (1985), Highland Road Observatory Park (March), Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (no harvest management)

Uruguay: Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (bovine dung), Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (ovine dung)

See also Ateuchus aeneomicans, Ateuchus candezei, Ateuchus carbonarius, Ateuchus cereus, Ateuchus frontalis, Ateuchus halffteri, Ateuchus histeroides, Ateuchus illaesum, Ateuchus latus, Ateuchus lecontei, Ateuchus murrayi, Ateuchus obscurus, Ateuchus pamperatum, Ateuchus pauperatus, Ateuchus puncticollis, Ateuchus pygidialis, Ateuchus robustus, Ateuchus rodriguezi, Ateuchus scatimoides, Ateuchus semicribratus, Ateuchus simplex, Ateuchus sp., Ateuchus sp. 1, Ateuchus sp. 2, Ateuchus sp. 3, Ateuchus sp. 4, Ateuchus sp. 5, Ateuchus sp. 6, Ateuchus sp. 7, Ateuchus sp. 9, Ateuchus striatulus, Ateuchus substriatus, Ateuchus sulcicolle, Ateuchus sulcicollis, Ateuchus viridimicans, Ateuchus vividus