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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Desert Stink Beetles (Eleodes) » subgenus Pseudeleodes (Eleodes subgenus Pseudeleodes) » Eleodes leechi
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Eleodes - Eleodes leechi
Copyright © 2015 Even Dankowicz

Eleodes - Eleodes leechi
Grand Canyon Nat'l Park, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
June 7, 2015
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Contributed by Even Dankowicz on 7 September, 2015 - 10:38am
Last updated 19 July, 2017 - 3:29pm

Moved tentatively based on the comment below...
Moved from Desert Stink Beetles.
… Hisserdude, 19 July, 2017 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Looks a lot like E.granosus to me...
But that species hasn't been recorded from AZ it seems, so I'm not 100% sure.
… Hisserdude, 11 July, 2017 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

 
after consulting Johnson's key to Pseudeleodes
I think this may be E. leechi Tanner. The last couplet of the key splits leechi and ganosus based upon pronotal punctation:
- very rugose = leechi (four corners region)
- heavily punctate = granosus (CA,ID,NV,OR)
I haven't anything to compare with and the one image I can find of leechi doesn't look significantly different from granosus.
Still based upon geographic range, I'd go with leechi if forced into a decision.
… tenebboy, 19 July, 2017 - 2:47pm login or register to post comments

 
There are several images here:
Here. This specimen does look a lot like leechi, will create a page momentarily!

The pronotum on this specimen is very rugose, can't really see it all that well from the normal view, but looking at the image full size you can definitely see how the pronotum is different looking than that of E.granosus.
… Hisserdude, 19 July, 2017 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

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