Ataenius Harold 1867b: 82 Aphodinus Motschulsky 1862: 55 ICZN 2010: 97 An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas Hielkema, Auke J. Hielkema, Meindert A. Insecta Mundi 2019 2019-10-25 732 732 1 306 Harold, 1867 Harold 1867 [192,525,936,960] Insecta Aphodiidae Ataenius Animalia Coleoptera 26 25 Arthropoda genus      Ataenius Harold 1867b: 82  =   Aphodinus Motschulsky 1862: 55-  ICZN 2010: 97(syn. nov.)  Synopsis. Stebnicka 2001b, 2002b, 2003 b, 2004, 2005, 2006a, 2007a, 2007b; Stebnicka and Lago 2005(New World)   Note 1.Harold uses the name  Ataeniusfor the first time in 1867b: 82 inconnection with  A. scutellaris,  A. opatrinus,  A. capitosus,  A. perforatusand  A. hispidus, but the actual description of  Ataeniusis given in Harold 1867d: 100. According to ICZN (1999: 16)Article 12.2.5, the name of the genus is made available in the former publication.  Note 2.The generic name  Aphodinus Motschulsky, 1862(p. 55) is a senior synonym of  Ataenius Harold, 1867( 1867b: 82). The name  Ataeniusis given precedence over the name  Aphodinusin Opinion 2241(Case 3377) by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2010: 97) after a proposal made by Howden and Smetana (2007: 39).