Parochodaeus phoxus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

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

Familia: Ochodaeidae
Genus: Parochodaeus
Species: Parochodaeus phoxus

Name

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  • Parochodaeus phoxus Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012: fig 13; map 2
Holotype: FSCA, ♂. Original labels: a) “ARGENTINA: LA RIOJA / Castro Barros; Santa Vera / Cruz; b) -28.67 -66.96; 1600m / 15-II-2005; L. Stange”; b) red paper “Parochodaeus / phoxus / ♂ / Paulsen & Ocampo / HOLOTYPE”.
Type locality: Argentina: La Rioja: Castro Barros, Santa Vera Cruz.
Etymology: The specific epithet ‘phoxus’ is Latinized form of the Greek ‘phoxos’, or “pointed, peaked”, referring to the frontal horn. It is used a masculine adjective in the nominative singular.

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