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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FF621D09163E6F22" bold="true" box="[192,324,1347,1371]" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FEEC1D0916AE6F22" box="[334,468,1347,1371]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">Ochodaeus</emphasis>
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consists of approximately 60 Old World species, with 28 species in the Palearctic region (
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), some of which are not members of that genus based on propygidial structure.
<bibRefCitation id="BD414B48FFCAFFE0FEE41DC9156F6FE2" author="Nikolajev, G. V." box="[326,533,1411,1435]" pageId="9" pageNumber="8" pagination="219 - 220" refId="ref8118" refString="Nikolajev, G. V. 2005. Notochodaeus gen. n., a new Ochodaeinae genus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Asia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 4 (3): 219 - 220." type="journal article" year="2005">Nikolajev (2005)</bibRefCitation>
recently created the genus
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FCD91DC9135D6FE2" box="[891,1063,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">Notochodaeus</emphasis>
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(
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species =
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FB551DCE12DA6FE2" box="[1271,1440,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. maculatus</emphasis>
Waterhouse
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) based on the presence of a propygidial sulcus and differences in the metasternum and wing venation, although this is not reflected in the Palearctic catalog (
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). Similarly, I have not seen any New World species that should remain in
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.
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In North America, the only taxa (other than
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FCAA1E4914A96C62" box="[776,979,1539,1563]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">Codocera gnatho</emphasis>
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) with an unmodified propygidium are
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FF621E6E163E6C42" box="[192,324,1572,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. sparsus</emphasis>
LeConte
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and
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FE571E6E15BE6C42" box="[501,708,1571,1595]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. mandibularis</emphasis>
Linell
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, and these appear to be conspecific.
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described
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FE9F1E0E16C56C22" box="[317,447,1604,1627]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. sparsus</emphasis>
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from Cañon Blanco, NM.
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subsequently described
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FB711E0E12DA6C22" box="[1235,1440,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. mandibularis</emphasis>
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from Winslow, AZ, comparing his new species with
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FCBC1E2E14DD6C02" box="[798,935,1635,1659]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">N. frontalis</emphasis>
(LeConte)
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without mentioning
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FAB91E2E12E36C02" box="[1307,1433,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. sparsus</emphasis>
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. Both
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FEA31ECE16F86CE2" box="[257,386,1668,1691]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. sparsus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FE1E1ECE15FD6CE2" box="[444,647,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. mandibularis</emphasis>
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were considered valid by
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, and the species were distinguished by a “somewhat difficult mental character” and placement of the frontal horn, both of which might differ with size. Almost all specimens in collections were previously determined as
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<taxonomicName id="1ED04D3AFFCAFFE0FB761E8E12E16CA2" authorityName="Linell" authorityYear="1896" box="[1236,1435,1731,1755]" class="Insecta" family="Ochodaeidae" genus="Ochodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mandibularis">O. mandibularis</taxonomicName>
,
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and the name
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FECE1EAE16946C82" box="[364,494,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. sparsus</emphasis>
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has become more or less disused. The
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of
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FBEC1EAE13B56C82" box="[1102,1231,1764,1787]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. sparsus</emphasis>
(MCZ)
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is conspecific with the species currently treated as
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FD1B1F4E14FE6D62" box="[697,900,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. mandibularis</emphasis>
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. Although the type of
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FB2C1F4E12236D62" box="[1166,1369,1795,1819]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. mandibularis</emphasis>
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could not be located at the USNM (D. Furth, personal communication), there appears to be only one taxon present and
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFCAFFE0FEFA1F0E155E6D22" box="[344,548,1859,1883]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="8">O. mandibularis</emphasis>
Linell
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is therefore a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="1ED04D3AFFCAFFE0FC5D1F0E13FE6D22" box="[1023,1156,1860,1883]" class="Insecta" family="Ochodaeidae" genus="Cucochodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sparsus">O. sparsus</taxonomicName>
.
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Although
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lacks a propygidial sulcus or tubercles, it has little else in common with Palearctic
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,
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the
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species of which is
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFC9FFE3FD6518AE14DE6A82" box="[711,932,227,251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="9">O. chrysomeloides</emphasis>
(Schrank)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFC9FFE3FB9318A912676A82" box="[1073,1309,227,251]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="9">Ochodaeus sparsus</emphasis>
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is the only species of Nearctic ochodaeid examined in which the head is declivous behind the eyes, and the anterior marginal bead of the pronotum is correspondingly thickened and produced to contact the head; in the other Nearctic ochodaeids examined and
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFC9FFE3FD13190E14F76B22" box="[689,909,323,347]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="9">O. chrysomeloides</emphasis>
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the anterior margin of the pronotum is simply convex. The stridulatory peg of the abdomen (see
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) is lacking in
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<taxonomicName id="1ED04D3AFFC9FFE3FB9E192E13BB6B02" authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1868" box="[1084,1217,356,379]" class="Insecta" family="Ochodaeidae" genus="Ochodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sparsus">O. sparsus</taxonomicName>
,
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and the antennal club has only nine antennomeres, not ten as in the
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species of
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<taxonomicName id="1ED04D3AFFC9FFE3FC4719C9130A6BE2" authorityName="Dejean. Nikolajev" authorityYear="1995" box="[997,1136,387,411]" class="Insecta" family="Ochodaeidae" genus="Ochodaeus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Ochodaeus</taxonomicName>
.
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Due to these differences together with a complete lack of shared, derived characters that would unite it with Old World taxa, it is inappropriate to leave this species in the genus
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<emphasis id="EBA4EAABFFC9FFE3FCA3198914FD6BA2" box="[769,903,451,475]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="9">Ochodaeus</emphasis>
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, and a new genus is created for it.
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