Parochodaeus pudu Paulsen & Ocampo 2012

Length:7.2 mm. Width:3.8mm. Head: Surface shiny, roughened near eyes, punctate; punctures small. Frons with two horn-like tubercles on vertex. Clypeus long (length equal to 1/2 width), depressed basally, almost foveate; anterior margin semicircular, not thickened, often indistinct. Labrum subtruncate. Mandibles externally rounded. Mentum tumid, eroded anteriorly, lacking longitudinal furrow. Pronotum: Form strongly convex, not declivous anteriorly. Surface densely tiled with tubercles; tubercles small, setose; surface between tubercles punctate; punctures small. Elytra: Setae of interstrial tubercles short, erect. Legs: Protibia with apical spur curved; internal apical tooth absent. Metatrochanter simple. Metafemur with posterior margin simple. Metatibia straight, slender (width approximately 1/5 length), gradually expanding to apex. Metatarsomere 1 not greatly enlarged. Abdomen: Stridulatory peg absent. Description, allotype female. Length:6.7 mm. Width:3.4 mm. Differs from male holotype in the following external characters: Pronotum: Form not as strongly convex. Description, paratypes (n=50). Length:5.1-–8.8 mm. Width:2.5–4.5 mm. Not differing significantly from the holotype and allotype in external characters.

(Map 3). 52 specimens examined. ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES: Felipe Solá (3); CATAMARCA: Caspichango (6), Famabalasto (1); Los Ángeles (1); CÓRDOBA: No locality (3); JUJUY: San Salvador de Jujuy (1), “Ciudad Patología” (3); LA PAMPA: General Acha (23); LA RIOJA: Huanchín (1), Santa Vera Cruz (2), Tegua (4); SALTA: Pocitos (1); SAN LUIS: Arizona- 18 Km S (1), San Gerónimo (1); TUCUMÁN: Las Cejas (1).