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 pudu

Name

  • Parochodaeus pudu Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012: figs 1, 15; map 3
Holotype: IAZA, ♂. Original labels: a) “ARGENTINA: La Pampa / General Acha. / 15-III-2008. at light / Col. D. Carpintero” ; b) red paper “Parochodaeus / pudu / ♂ / Paulsen & Ocampo / HOLOTYPE”.
Type locality: Argentina: La Pampa: General Acha.
Etymology: The frontal horns are reminiscent of those found on pudú, the small South American deer, Pudu puda (Molina). The name ‘pudu’ is used as a masculine noun in the nominative singular.

References

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