Ataenius gracilis, the slender small dung beetle, is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
Description Adults reach a length of about .
Distribution Neotropical: Argentina, Barbados, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo), Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Marie-Galante, Martinique, Mexico (Baja California, Chiapas, Durango, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Croix, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent, Suriname, Vieques. Nearctic: Canada (Ontario, Quebec), United States (Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin).
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