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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 Eleodes (Eleodes subgenus Eleodes) » Eleodes acuticauda
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Copyright © 2010 Ron Hemberger

"Man, if I can't get this thing open, I'm gonna raise quite a stink!" - Eleodes acuticauda
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
June 21, 2010
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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 23 June, 2010 - 11:39pm
Last updated 24 June, 2010 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Coelocnemis.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 June, 2010 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Eleodes
I see femoral spurs and as far as I know Coelocnemis doesn't have these. The pronotum looks wide which would make this Eleodes acuticauda.
… Kojun Kanda, 24 June, 2010 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Kojun.
I'll check others of my posts, but am not good at beetle ID. Another recent one:
… Ron Hemberger, 24 June, 2010 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
the ID on that one is correct
the ID on that one is correct. You can make out the yellow pubescence on the tarsi and femur
… Kojun Kanda, 24 June, 2010 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Good! I did figure out that was different.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 June, 2010 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

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