A new species of Parochodaeus Nikolajev from the southwestern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae

Authors

M. J. Paulsen, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

5-27-2011

Comments

Insecta Mundi 0184: 1-4
Published May 27, 2011 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., P. O. Box 141874, Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A.
http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

A new species of Parochodaeus Nikolajev (Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae) with extremely small adults is described from west Texas, P. pixius Paulsen. The species is compared with the sympatric P. biarmatus (LeConte), to which it is most similar in size.