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subgenus Blapylis

Eleodes cordata? - Eleodes California Coastal Dune Beetle - Eleodes Darkling Beetle - Eleodes Eleodes? - Eleodes neotomae Teneb under log - Eleodes pimelioides 8037074 teneb - Eleodes pimelioides Darkling Beetle - Eleodes parvicollis Tenebrionid? - Eleodes cordata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Tribe Amphidorini
Genus Eleodes (Desert Stink Beetles)
No Taxon subgenus Blapylis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
needs revision
Explanation of Names
Blapylis Horn 1870
Numbers
~50 spp., all in our area(1)
Range
w.NA (BC‒Baja to AB‒NM); over half of the spp. restricted to CA(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America
Yves Bousquet, Donald B. Thomas, Patrice Bouchard, Aaron D. Smith, Rolf L. Aalbu, M. Andrew Johnston, Warren E. Steiner Jr. 2018. ZooKeys 728: 1-455.