Ochodaeidae

Ren, Dong, 2010, The oldest fossil Ochodaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China, Zootaxa 2553, pp. 65-68 : 67

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.196844

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC7387F1-497F-FFDF-DFF8-FBBBFA51303F

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scientific name

Ochodaeidae
status

 

Key to the known Mesozoic species of Ochodaeidae

1. Body small (about 6 mm) ............................................................................................................................................ 2

- Body large ( 10–12 mm) ................................................................................................................................................ 3

2. Elytron with striae well defined ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 3 – 5 )................................................................... Cretochodaeus striatus Nikolajev

- Elytron without obvious striae ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 3 – 5 )................................................................... Lithochodaeus cretaceus Nikolajev

3. Mesotibiae without transverse carinae along outer edge ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 3 – 5 )....................... Cretochodaeus mongolicus Nikolajev

- Mesotibiae with transverse carinae along outer edge ( Fig. 1–2 View FIGURE 1 )..................... Mesochodaeus daohugouensis sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Ochodaeidae

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