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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Opatrinae » Eleodes

Genus Eleodes

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Darkling Beetle - Eleodes Eleodes acuta Ironclad? - Eleodes Eleodes 2 - Eleodes dentipes Eleodes scabrosa? - Eleodes scabrosa Wooly Darkling Beetle - Eleodes Desert Teneb - Eleodes Madera canyon Eleodes? - Eleodes
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 Opatrinae
Genus Eleodes
Numbers
Nearctica lists 141 species.
Texas Entomology lists 129.
Internet References
Texas Entomology
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 10 January, 2008 - 7:46am

Pinacate Beetles
Pinacate Beetles from DesertUSA -- a descriptive article on Eleodes beetles in arid zones of the Western US.
… David Scriven, 20 August, 2004 - 3:40pm

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