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rough darkling beetle - Eleodes pimelioides
Copyright © 2018 Lynette Elliott

rough darkling beetle - Eleodes pimelioides
Thompson Falls, island, Sanders County, Montana, USA
July 8, 2018
Size: 12.5 mm
Found crossing the dirt road.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 9 July, 2018 - 4:51pm
Last updated 7 September, 2022 - 6:43pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Blapylis.
… v belov, 7 September, 2022 - 6:43pm

this is E. pimelioides
slightly cordate pronotum; tuberculate sculpture on elytrae; posterior rounded; inland geographic range
… tenebboy, 7 September, 2022 - 3:25pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 10 July, 2018 - 1:24pm

Eleodes (subgenus Blapylis) sp.
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… Bruce Tilden, 10 July, 2018 - 12:10pm

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