Abundance: 0.02 to 69.15% (median 1.87%)
Latitudinal range: -33.9° to 44.4°Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), temperate savanna (4), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (2)
Found in 13 samples
Brazil: Fazenda Canchim, Manga Rosa, Vilela Farm
Mexico: San Martín Volcano (forest fragments), San Martín Volcano (forest-pasture edges)
United States: Blackbeard Island, Hutcheson Memorial Forest disturbed field (June/July), Hutcheson Memorial Forest old growth forest (June/July), Rutgers University Bovine Farm (June/July), Brookings County (cattle manure), Brookings County (sheep manure)
Uruguay: Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (bovine dung), Estación Experimental del Secretariado Uruguayo de la Lana (ovine dung)
See also Ataenius aequalis, Ataenius carinator, Ataenius complicatus, Ataenius crenulatus, Ataenius cribrithorax, Ataenius forsteri, Ataenius gracilis, Ataenius imbricatus, Ataenius platensis, Ataenius scutellaris, Ataenius sp., Ataenius sp. 1, Ataenius spp., Ataenius spretulus, Ataenius strigatus