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Genus Cucochodaeus

common ochodaeid - Cucochodaeus sparsus - male common ochodaeid - Cucochodaeus sparsus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Ochodaeidae (Sand-loving Scarab Beetles)
Genus Cucochodaeus
Pronunciation
cu-co-CODE-ee-us
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cucochodaeus sparsus (LeConte, 1868:51) (Ochodaeus)
=Ochodaeus mandibularis Linell, 1896:723
Explanation of Names
Cucochodaeus (cuc-, shortened from cucullus Latin = hood + Ochodaeus). The generic
name denotes the hoodlike pronotum that reaches the eyes and also projects more
strongly above the head than in other Nearctic genera.
Numbers
North America: 1 species.
Size
~4-9 mm
Identification
Nine segmented antennae. Frontal tubercle or horn on head. Mandibles angulate on outside edge (not evenly rounded).
Range
North America: USA (AZ, CA, CO, NE, NM, UT, SD, TX); northern Mexico.
Habitat
Sandy areas. Nocturnal, attracted to light.
Food
Unknown.
Life Cycle
Larvae unknown.
Print 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. Download
Contributed by MJ Paulsen on 21 August, 2008 - 1:35pm

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