Xenochodaeus is a genus of sand-loving scarab beetles in the family Ochodaeidae. There are 6 described species in Xenochodaeus.[1][2]
| Xenochodaeus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ochodaeidae |
| Genus: | Xenochodaeus Paulsen, 2007 |
Species
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Xenochodaeus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Xenochodaeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
Further reading
edit- 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.