Genus Pseudochodaeus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Pseudochodaeus estriatus (Schaeffer) - Pseudochodaeus estriatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Ochodaeidae (Sand-loving Scarab Beetles)

Genus Pseudochodaeus

Numbers

monotypic genus(1)(2)

Range

so. OR to c. CA(1)

Remarks

the only nearctic representative of the otherwise African subfamily Chaetocanthinae (4 genera total)(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae) Paulsen M.J. 2007. Insecta Mundi 0021: 1-13.

Contributed by v belov on 6 March, 2011 - 1:39am
Last updated 12 January, 2012 - 7:55pm

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