Coleoptera23 species

Family Sand-loving Scarab Beetles (Ochodaeidae)

Ochodaeidae is a family in the order Coleoptera. Browse 23 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Ochodaeidae (23)

Cucochodaeus sparsus

Identification: differs from other New World ochodaeids in having nine antennomeres, an unmodified propygidium, stridulatory peg absent, head declivous behind the eyes, and the anterior margin of the pronotum produced behind the eyes (not simply conc

Neochodaeus frontalis

Identification: Frontal tubercle on head behind anterior margin (not on margin); hind femur with large tooth near apex.

Parochodaeus biarmatus

Identification: Elytral setae appearing as short bristles Irregular teeth on the hind margin of the femur = P. biarmatus . - MJ Paulsen, 13 January, 2012 Type Locality: New Mexico

Parochodaeus duplex

Identification: elytral setae 'shaggy', long. Males with head with transverse furrow, lacking in females; hind legs without irregular teeth on hind margin of femur

Parochodaeus howdeni

Identification: Thickened, curved first segment of the hind tarsus PLUS the mentum is not produced downward and thus not visible in lateral view

Parochodaeus inarmatus

Identification: Two elongate tubercles on head, like this: - -

Parochodaeus pectoralis

Identification: The first segment of the hind tarsus is thickened and curved PLUS the mentum is strongly produced downward and thus visible in lateral view of the head. Can be confused with P. ritcheri from the Big Bend region of TX but has distinct

Parochodaeus peninsularis

Identification: location, otherwise similar to P. duplex .

Parochodaeus ritcheri

Identification: Similar to P. pectoralis with thickened and curved first metatarsomere and downward produced mentum,but labrum has a small central projection on apex instead of being emarginate; restricted to Big Bend area in USA