# Ateuchus

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)