Parochodaeus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Ochodaeidae
Genus: Parochodaeus
Species (25): P. biarmatus – P. bituberculatus – P. californicus – P. campsognathus – P. cornutus – P. dentipes – P. duplex – P. howdeni – P. inarmatus – P. jatahyensis – P. jujuyus – P. luridus – P. pectoralis – P. peninsularis – P. perdidus – P. perplexus – P. phoxus – P. pixius – P. proceripes – P. pudu – P. puncticollis – P. ritcheri – P. rugatus – P. stupendus – P. tridentatus
Name

Parochodaeus Nikolajev, 1995: 77

Type species: Parochodaeus pectoralis (LeConte, 1868)
Fixation: Original designation

References

Nikolajev, G.V., 1995: Materialy k sistematike podsemeistva Ochodaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 74: 72–82.
Paulsen, M.J.; Ocampo, F.C. 2012: The Ochodaeidae of Argentina (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). ZooKeys 174: 7–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.174.2668 Open access.

Parochodaeus is a genus of sand-loving scarab beetles in the family Ochodaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Parochodaeus.[1][2][3]
Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Parochodaeus:

Parochodaeus biarmatus (LeConte, 1863)
Parochodaeus bituberculatus (Erichson, 1847)
Parochodaeus californicus (Horn, 1895)
Parochodaeus campsognathus (Arrow, 1904)
Parochodaeus cornutus (Ohaus, 1910)
Parochodaeus dentipes Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012
Parochodaeus duplex (LeConte, 1868)
Parochodaeus howdeni (Carlson, 1975)
Parochodaeus inarmatus (Schaeffer, 1906)
Parochodaeus jujuyus Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012
Parochodaeus pectoralis (LeConte, 1868)
Parochodaeus peninsularis (Horn, 1895)
Parochodaeus perdidus Paulsen, 2014
Parochodaeus perplexus Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012
Parochodaeus phoxus Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012
Parochodaeus pixius (Paulsen, 2011) (pixie sand-loving scarab)
Parochodaeus pocadioides (Motschulsky, 1859)
Parochodaeus proceripes Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012
Parochodaeus pudu Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012
Parochodaeus ritcheri (Carlson, 1975)
Parochodaeus stupendus Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012

References

"Parochodaeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
"Parochodaeus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

"Parochodaeus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.