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Ataenius heinekeni
Ataenius heinekeni is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the United States (Florida, South Carolina, Texas), the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Madeira, Mexico (Nayarit, Veracruz), Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, as well as in France and Italy.
From the article Ataenius heinekeni on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4.3–5.5 mm (0.17–0.22 in). They have a piceous to black, moderately shining, often microreticulate, parallel-sided body.
In human culture
Specimens have been found under leaves and logs on hard ground, under live-oak trees, on old rice-field dams, as well as under roadside debris.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 270197.