Ateuchus ambiguus Martínez & Martínez, 1990

Rosa, Cecilia Lozano De La, Cupello, Mario & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): catalogue and updated distribution, European Journal of Taxonomy 959 (1), pp. 1-272 : 18-20

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scientific name

Ateuchus ambiguus Martínez & Martínez, 1990
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Ateuchus ambiguus Martínez & Martínez, 1990 View in CoL

Fig. 8B View Fig

Ateuchus ambiguus Martínez & Martínez, 1990: 161 View in CoL (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Mérida: San Rafael del Páramo de Mucuchíes, Laguna Grande, 3800 m. Name-bearing type: holotype (MACN), confirmed to be there by MC in 2014.

Ateuchus ambiguus View in CoL – Krajcik 2012: 49 (list).

Distribution

Venezuela (endemic) ( Martínez & Martínez 1990).

Subregion of Venezuela

Andes mountains.

Literature records

Martínez & Martínez 1990: 161 ( Venezuela: Mérida: Páramo de Mucuchíes, Laguna Grande). — Krajcik 2012: 49 ( Venezuela: Mérida).

Krajcik M. 2012. Checklist of the World Scarabaeoidea. Animma. X Supplement 5: 1 - 278.

Martinez A. & Halffter G. 1986. Situacion del genero Canthidium. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 18: 19 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.21829 / azm. 1986.13182047

Martinez A. & Martinez A. 1990. Dos nuevas especies de Ateuchus Weber (Col. Scarab. Ateuchina). Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana (N. S.) 5 (20): 159 - 163.

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Fig. 8. Species distribution. A. Ateuchus alvarezi (Martínez & Halffter, 1986). B. Ateuchus ambiguus Martínez & Martínez, 1990. Green diamond = CEMT collection data; black circle = literature data.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Scarabaeinae

Genus

Ateuchus