Xenochodaeus

Life-forms

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
Subfamilia: Ochodaeinae
Genus: Xenochodaeus
Species: X. americanus – X. luscinus – X. musculus – X. planifrons – X. simplex – X. ulkei
Name

Xenochodaeus Paulsen, 2007: 3 figs. 3, 6-14

Type species: Ochodaeus americanus Westwood, 1852, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Paulsen, M.J. 2007: Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae). Insecta mundi 0021: 1–13. PDFReference page. [original description: p. 3 figs. 3, 6-14]

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

"Xenochodaeus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

"Xenochodaeus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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.