Summary ³

Ochodaeidae, sometimes known as the sand-loving scarab beetles, is a small but widely distributed family of scarabaeiform beetles.

SoCal Status ⁴

Known Species per The California Beetle Database .
Codocera gnatho
Cucochodaeus sparsus
Parochodaeus californicus
Parochodaeus peninsularis

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Filip Trnka, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/90703.jpg
2. (c) M.J. Paulsen, Federico C. Ocampo, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://pensoft.net/J_FILES/1/articles/2668/export.php_files/ZooKeys-174-007-g005.jpg
3. Adapted by BJ Stacey from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochodaeidae
4. (c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• GBIF

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