Eleodes acutus ( Say, 1823 )

Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4), pp. 413-437 : 428

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1177.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924714

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scientific name

Eleodes acutus ( Say, 1823 )
status

 

Eleodes acutus ( Say, 1823)

(Fig. 24, Map 8)

Diagnosis. Very large, elongate-oblong, somewhat flattened dorsally; lateral margins of elytra acute only at humeri. Elytra often reddish along the suture. Profemora are dentate in both sexes. The pronotum is convex and smooth, widest at the middle, with the lateral margins not reflexed. Length: 21–35 mm.

Distribution. Generally distributed in Texas. Also found in the Great Plains states from South Dakota to New Mexico and Arizona. There are no records for Mexico or Canada.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Eleodes

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