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Ataenius opatroides
Ataenius opatroides is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
From the article Ataenius opatroides on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–5.2 mm (0.20–0.20 in). They have an oblong oval, subopaque, piceous black or rusty brown body.
In human culture
Specimens have been collected in soil and in horse and cattle excrements.
== 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 793587.