Cucochodaeus

Taxonavigation

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
Subfamilia: Ochodaeinae
Genus: Cucochodaeus
Species: C. sparsus

Name

Cucochodaeus Paulsen, 2007: 9, fig. 1

• Type species: Ochodaeus sparsus LeConte, 1868: 51, by original designation.

• Etymology: Cucochodaeus (cuc-, shortened from cucullus Latin = hood + Ochodaeus). The generic name, gender masculine, denotes the hoodlike pronotum that reaches the eyes and also projects more strongly above the head than in other Nearctic genera.

References

• Paulsen, M.J. 2007: Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae). Insecta mundi 0021: 1–13. PDFReference page.  [original description: p. 9, fig. 1]