Ochodaeidae

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 Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Ochodaeidae
Subfamiliae (3): Chaetocanthinae – Ochodaeinae – †Cretochodaeinae

Overview of genera (19)

Chaetocanthus – Codocera – Cucochodaeus – Enodognathus – Gauchodaeus – Mimochodaeus – Namibiotalpa – Neochodaeus – Notochodaeus – Ochodaeus – Odontochodaeus – Parochodaeus – Pseudochodaeus – Synochodaeus – Xenochodaeus – †Cretochodaeus – †Lithochodaeus – †Mesochodaeus – †Mioochodaeus

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist, plus (3) Gauchodaeus – †Lithochodaeus – †Mesochodaeus
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Name

Ochodaeidae Mulsant & Rey, 1871

References

cited sources

• Smith, A.B.T. 2006: A review of the family-group names for the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) with corrections to nomenclature and a current classification. Coleopterists Society monograph, 5: 144–204. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[144:AROTFN]2.0.CO;2 PDF

Additional references

• Bezděk, A. & Hájek, J. 2009. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page. 
• Nikolajev, G.V. 2009: Ochodaeidae species of the Palaearctic's Asia. Euroasian entomological journal, 8 (2): 205–211. [not seen]
• Nikolajev, G.V.; Ren, D. 2010: The oldest fossil Ochodaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa, 2553: 65–68. Preview
• Scholtz, C.H. 1988: Phylogeny and systematics of the Ochodaeidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 51: 207–240.
• Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2006 ISBN 87-88757-59-5, p. 95

Links

• Ochodaeidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
• Tree of Life Web Project. 2007. Ochodaeidae. Sand-loving scarab beetles. Version 03 May 2007 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
• Atlas of the family Ochodaeidae of Russia

Vernacular names

English: Sand-loving Scarab Beetles
magyar: Homoktúrófélék
русский: Оходеиды

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