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Ataenius platensis
Ataenius platensis is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
From the article Ataenius platensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in). They have an elongate-oblong, shining, light brown, reddish brown to piceous body, with the legs usually reddish.
Range & habitat
Nearctic: United States (California, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas). Neotropical: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela. West Indies: Guadeloupe.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
It is found in various habitats from sea level to about 1000 meters, where it has been collected from forest litter and cattle dung.
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 301680.