NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2012

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Eupariini
  Subfamily - Aphodiinae
  Family - Scarabaeidae
  Superfamily - Scarabaeoidea
  Infraorder - Scarabeiformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ataenius cognatus
      Species - Ataenius pacificus
      Species - Ataenius peregrinator
      Species - Ataenius puncticollis
      Species - Ataenius stercorator
      Species - Ataenius abditus
      Species - Ataenius aequalis
      Species - Ataenius alternatus
      Species - Ataenius apicalis
      Species - Ataenius barberi
      Species - Ataenius brevicollis
      Species - Ataenius brevis
      Species - Ataenius californicus
      Species - Ataenius carinator
      Species - Ataenius castaniellus
      Species - Ataenius confertus
      Species - Ataenius crenulatus
      Species - Ataenius cribrithorax
      Species - Ataenius cylindrus
      Species - Ataenius desertus
      Species - Ataenius ecruensis
      Species - Ataenius erratus
      Species - Ataenius exiguus
      Species - Ataenius fattigi
      Species - Ataenius glaseri
      Species - Ataenius gracilis
      Species - Ataenius heinekeni
      Species - Ataenius hesperius
      Species - Ataenius hirsutus
      Species - Ataenius imbricatus
      Species - Ataenius inquisitus
      Species - Ataenius insculptus
      Species - Ataenius languidus
      Species - Ataenius liogaster
      Species - Ataenius lobatus
      Species - Ataenius miamii
      Species - Ataenius oklahomensis
      Species - Ataenius opatrinus
      Species - Ataenius ovatulus
      Species - Ataenius picinus
      Species - Ataenius platensis
      Species - Ataenius robustus
      Species - Ataenius scabrelloides
      Species - Ataenius scabrellus
      Species - Ataenius sculptor
      Species - Ataenius setiger
      Species - Ataenius spretulus
      Species - Ataenius stephani
      Species - Ataenius strigatus
      Species - Ataenius texanus
      Species - Ataenius utahensis
      Species - Ataenius vandykei
      Species - Ataenius waltherhorni
      Species - Ataenius wenzelii