Ochodaeidae, Streubel, 1846

Diagnostic key to the Ochodaeidae View in CoL species occurring in Israel

1. Bicolored habitus (black pronotum, reddish-brown elytra); eyes reniform in lateral view; small clypeal horn present in both sexes, aligned with anterior margin of clypeus;scutellum narrow,elongate,triangular........ Ochodaeus ( Diplochodaeus) alleonis Fairmaire, 1884

–– Monochrome habitus (coloration ranging from orange-brown, reddish-brown to dark brown); eyes evenly convex; scutellum broad, short,triangular........................................................................................................ 2

2. Eyes large, globose, occupying nearly the entire width of the head. Clypeus bearing a well-developed small horn, prolonged anteriorly as a longitudinal carina reaching the anterior margin of the clypeus. Scutellum with parallel sides at base................................................................................................. Ochodaeus ( Ochodaeus) gigas Marseul, 1878

–– Eyes of reduced size, diameter equal to or less than length of genae; clypeus very transverse, unarmed in both sexes. Scutellum forming a triangular, tongue-shaped plate, apically rounded............... Ochodaeus ( Ochodaeus) berytensis Petrovitz, 1965