Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Ochodaeidae
Genus: Parochodaeus
Species: Parochodaeus pixius

Name

  • Parochodaeus pixius Paulsen, 2011: figs 2, 4, 5
Holotype: TAMU, ♂. Original labels: a) “USA: TEXAS: CULBERSON Co./ Pine Springs, UV light, N31.877º / W104.825º; 1763m; 19.VIII.2006 / MJ Paulsen, AD Smith, R Smith”; b) red holotype label “Parochodaeus / pixius Paulsen ♂/ HOLOTYPE”.
Type locality: USA: TEXAS: CULBERSON Co.: Pine Springs
Etymology: The specific epithet ‘pixius’ is a Latinized form of the English word pixie, meaning small. The name is used a masculine adjective in the nominative singular.

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