Parochodaeus proceripes

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 proceripes

Name

• Parochodaeus proceripes Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012: figs 2, 6, 14; map 2

Holotype: IAZA, ♂. Original labels: a) “RA Mza Santa Rosa / Ñacuñán tramp luz UV / 12-X-02 G. Flores”; b) red paper “Parochodaeus / proceripes / ♂ / Paulsen & Ocampo / HOLOTYPE”.

Type locality: Argentina: Mendoza: Santa Rosa.

Etymology: The specific epithet ‘proceripes’ is derived from the Latin procerus “long, slender” and pes “foot, leg”, referring to the slender metatibiae, which are unusual in species with a frontoclypeal horn. The name 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.