Ateuchus guatemalensis

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| image = Ateuchus benitojuarezi (10.3897-zookeys.747.22731) Figure 1.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Ateuchus

| species = guatemalensis

| authority = (Bates, 1887)

| synonyms =

Ateuchus benitojuarezi Moctezuma, Halffter, Sánchez-Huerta, 2018

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Ateuchus guatemalensis, is a species of dung beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and the Mexican states Chiapas and Oaxaca.

Description

These beetles show slight sexual dimorphism. The male is about 7.9mm in length, with an elongate-oval and convex body, glossy black beetle with reddish to greenish sheen. The female is similar, but has a less convex pygidium and more acute clypeal teeth.

References

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{{cite journal |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/22731/element/7/ateuchus-benitojuarezi/ |title=Two new species of Ateuchus with remarks on ecology, distributions, and evolutionary relationships |pages=71–86 |journal=ZooKeys |issue=747 |accessdate=2023-04-29|doi=10.3897/zookeys.747.22731 |pmid=29674904 |pmc=5904362 |date=2018-03-29 |last1=Moctezuma |first1=V. |last2=Sánchez-Huerta |first2=J. L. |last3=Halffter |first3=G. |doi-access=free

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{{Cite web| title=Ateuchus guatemalensis Red List status

| url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/137471/525583

| website=IUCN Red List

| access-date=2023-04-29

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{{Cite web| title=Ateuchus guatemalensis (Bates, 1887)

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7ZLXZ

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2023-04-29

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Category:Scarabaeinae

Category:Beetles described in 2018