Xenochodaeus Paulsen, 2007
........Xenochodaeus Paulsen 2007: 3

	Propygidial sulcus of Xenochodaeus species.
Xenochodaeus americanus. Photo by M.J. Paulsen	Approximate distribution of Xenochodaeus species.

Distribution: Nearctic.

Revision or Synopsis: None.

Composition: 6 species.

Howden, H. F. 1968. Canadian Ochodaeus, with a description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Canadian Entomologist 100: 1118-1120.

LeConte, J. L. 1868. New Coleoptera collected on the survey for the extension of the Union Pacific railway, E.D. from Kansas to Fort Craig, New Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 49-64.

Paulsen, M.J. 2007. Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae). Insecta Mundi 0021: 1-13. Download.

Keys to Species: None.

Species profiles: (pages under construction)

X. americanus (Westwood) X. luscinus (Howden) X. musculus (Say) X. planifrons (Schaeffer) X. simplex (LeConte) X. ulkei (Horn)