Genus Eleodes - Desert Stink Beetles

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Wooly Darkling Beetle - Eleodes osculans

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Tenebrionoidea (Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles)

Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Tribe Amphidorini

Genus Eleodes (Desert Stink Beetles)

Other Common Names

Circus Beetles

Numbers

129 spp. in our area(1) (>300, according to some experts who are revising the group. =v=)

Identification

Divided into 14 subgenera based primarily on female genitalia(1)

Range

c. & w. US(1)

Internet References

Texas Entomology

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 17 January, 2011 - 12:51am

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