Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Ochodaeidae
Genus: Parochodaeus
Species: Parochodaeus stupendus

Name

  • Parochodaeus stupendus Paulsen & Ocampo, 2012: figs 7, 16; map 3
Holotype: CMNC, ♂. Original labels: a) “ARGENTINA / SALTA / D° San Martín / Hito 1 / Coll. Martínez / Dic 971”; b) red label “Parochodaeus / stupendus /Paulsen & Ocampo / HOLOTYPE”.
Type locality: Argentina: Salta: San Martín, Hito 1.
Etymology: The specific epithet ‘stupendus’ is Latin meaning “causing astonishment or wonder”. With several autapomorphies not seen in other species of the genus, Parochodaeus stupendus is arguably the most wondrous ochodaeid in the New World. The name is used a masculine adjective in the nominative singular.

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