Ateuchus

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***Ateuchus*** er en slekt av biller som hører til familien skarabider (Scarabaeidae). Disse billene har larver som utvikler seg i møkk som de graver ned.

## Utseende
Middelsttore (5-10 millimeter), bredt ovale, hvelvede, mer eller mindre svarte gjødselbiller. Dekkvingene har tydelige punktrader. Beina er ofte rødbrune.

## Levevis
Larvene lever av møkk som de voksne billene har gravd ned.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Amerika, de fleste av artene i Mellom- og Sør-Amerika, men også noen i det sørlige USA.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien skarabider, Scarabaeoidea
**** Familien skarabider, (Scarabaeidae) Latreille, 1806
***** Underfamilien gjødselgravere (Scarabaeinae) Latreille, 1806
****** Stammen Ateuchini Montreuil, 1998
******* Understammen Ateuchina
******** Slekten *Ateuchus* Weber, 1801 - 92 arter, 7 i Nord-Amerika
********* *[[Ateuchus aeneomicans]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus alipioi]]* Pereira, 1954
********* *[[Ateuchus ambiguus]]* Martinez & Martinez, 1990
********* *[[Ateuchus apicatus]]* (Harold, 1867)
********* *[[Ateuchus asperatus]]* (Harold, 1881)
********* *[[Ateuchus balthasari]]* Martinez, 1952
********* *[[Ateuchus bordoni]]* Martinez & Martinez, 1990
********* *[[Ateuchus brevis]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus calcaratus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus candezei]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus carbonarius]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus carcavalloi]]* Vulcano, Pereira & Martinez, 1976
********* *[[Ateuchus carolinae]]* Kohlmann, 1981
********* *[[Ateuchus cernyi]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus chrysopyge]]* (Bates, 1887)
********* *[[Ateuchus columbianus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus confusus]]* Martinez & Martinez, 1987
********* *[[Ateuchus connexus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus contractus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus earthorum]]* Kohlmann & Solis, 2009
********* *[[Ateuchus ecuadorensis]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus euchalceus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus femoratus]]* (Fabricius, 1801)
********* *[[Ateuchus fetteri]]* Kohlmann, 1996
********* *[[Ateuchus floridensis]]* Génier, 2000
********* *[[Ateuchus freudei]]* Balthasar, 1966
********* *[[Ateuchus fuscipes]]* Blanchard, 1846
********* *[[Ateuchus fuscoruber]]* Blanchard, 1846
********* *[[Ateuchus gershensoni]]* Kohlmann, 2000
********* *[[Ateuchus ginae]]* Kohlmann, 1996
********* *[[Ateuchus globulus]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus granigerus]]* (Harold, 1875)
********* *[[Ateuchus guatemalensis]]* (Bates, 1887)
********* *[[Ateuchus halffteri]]* Kohlmann, 1981
********* *[[Ateuchus hamatus]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus hendrichsi]]* Kohlmann, 1996
********* *[[Ateuchus histeroides]]* Weber, 1801
********* *[[Ateuchus histrio]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus hoplopygus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus howdeni]]* Kohlmann, 1996
********* *[[Ateuchus hypocrita]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus illaesus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus irinus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus klugi]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus laetitiae]]* Kohlmann, 1981
********* *[[Ateuchus laevicollis]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus lateralis]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus latus]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus lecontei]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus loricatus]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus luciae]]* Marshall, 1966
********* *[[Ateuchus murrayi]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus mutilatus]]* (Harold, 1867)
********* *[[Ateuchus myrmecophilus]]* Boucomont, 1935
********* *[[Ateuchus nitidulus]]* Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
********* *[[Ateuchus oblongus]]* (Harold, 1883)
********* *[[Ateuchus opacipennis]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus ovalis]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus parvus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus pauki]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus pauperatus]]* Germar, 1824
********* *[[Ateuchus perezvelai]]* Kohlmann, 2000
********* *[[Ateuchus perpusillus]]* Kohlmann, 2000
********* *[[Ateuchus persplendens]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus peruanus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus procerus]]* (Harold, 1883)
********* *[[Ateuchus pruneus]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus puncticollis]]* (Harold, 1867)
********* *[[Ateuchus pygidialis]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus rispolii]]* Martinez, 1952
********* *[[Ateuchus robustus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus rodriguezi]]* (Preudhomme de Borre, 1886)
********* *[[Ateuchus romani]]* Boucomont, 1927
********* *[[Ateuchus scatimoides]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus scrupulosus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus semicribratus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus setulosus]]* Balthasar, 1939
********* *[[Ateuchus simplex]]* Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828
********* *[[Ateuchus solisi]]* Kohlmann, 1996
********* *[[Ateuchus squalidus]]* (Fabricius, 1775)
********* *[[Ateuchus steinbachi]]* Boucomont, 1928
********* *[[Ateuchus striatulus]]* Preduhomme de Borre, 1886
********* *[[Ateuchus subquadratus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus substriatus]]* (Harold, 1868)
********* *[[Ateuchus tenebrosus]]* Balthasar, 1945
********* *[[Ateuchus texanus]]* (Robinson, 1948)
********* *[[Ateuchus tridenticeps]]* Arrow, 1913
********* *[[Ateuchus viduus]]* Blanchard, 1846
********* *[[Ateuchus vigilans]]* Lansberge, 1874
********* *[[Ateuchus viridimicans]]* Boucomont, 1935
********* *[[Ateuchus vividus]]* Germar, 1824
********* *[[Ateuchus zoebischi]]* Kohlmann, 1996

## Kilder
* Génier, F. (2000) A new North American *Ateuchus* Weber (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin 54(3): 341-346. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4009517?uid=16792792&uid=3738744&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=3&uid=67&uid=16739368&uid=62&sid=21104385050911
* Kohlmann, B. (1996) The Costa Rican species of *Ateuchus* (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 44(3)/45(1): 177-192.  http://www.ots.ac.cr/rbt/attachments/volumes/vol44-3A/23_Kohlmann_Ateuchus.pdf
* Kohlmann, B. (2000) New species and distribution records of Mesoamerican *Ateuchus* (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 48 (1) https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095558/http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442000000100027
* Kohlmann, B. & Solis, A. (2009) New species of *Ateuchus* and *Canthidium* (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 2219: 31-37. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02219p037.pdf

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