Parochodaeus phoxus

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 phoxus

Name

• 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.

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.