Parochodaeus dentipes

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
Genus: Parochodaeus
Species: Parochodaeus dentipes

Name

• Parochodaeus dentipes Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012: figs 4, 10; map 1

Holotype: MLP, ♂. Original labels: a) “Piedra Pintada / La Rioja 23-II-39 / Birabén-Scott leg.” b) red paper “Parochodaeus / dentipes / Paulsen & Ocampo / HOLOTYPE”.

Type locality: Argentina: La Rioja: Piedra Pintada.

Etymology: The specific epithet ‘dentipes’ is from Latin dentis “tooth” and pes “foot, leg”, for the toothed metafemur, and is used a masculine adjective in the nominative singular.

References

• Paulsen, M.J. & Ocampo, F.C. 2012: The Ochodaeidae of Argentina (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). ZooKeys 174: 7–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.174.2668 . Reference page.