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Taxonomic characters of the genus Ochodaeus Serville with descriptions of two new species in the O. Pectoralis LeConte species complex (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae)

Creator:

Carlson, David Craig

Abstract:

The genus Ochodaeus Serville contains approximately sixty species and is World wide in its distribution. One-half of these species are known from the Nearctic and Neotropic regions. Adults of six previously described species common to the United States have been studied in detail. The mandibles, stridulatory peg, and male genitalia...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

, institutions, and private collections. Field collecting by the writer and Dr. P. O. Ritcher took place during