Biology:Xenochodaeus

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Short description: Genus of beetles


Xenochodaeus
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Xenochodaeus

Xenochodaeus is a genus of sand-loving scarab beetles in the family Ochodaeidae. There are about 6 described species in Xenochodaeus.[1][2]

Species

  • X. americanus (Westwood, 1852)
  • X. luscinus (Howden, 1968)
  • X. musculus (Say, 1835)
  • X. planifrons (Schaeffer, 1906)
  • X. simplex (LeConte, 1854)
  • X. ulkei (Horn, 1876)

References

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. 
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Wikidata ☰ Q14852133 entry