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Eleodes sp? from Marin Headlands, Marin, CA - Eleodes grandicollis

Eleodes sp? from Marin Headlands, Marin, CA - Eleodes grandicollis
Marin Headlands, Marin County, California, USA
September 26, 2019

Moved

this is E grandicollis
one of the 2 sp found along the CA coast north of the SF Bay

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Eleodes
You can see that the front femur has just a hint of a spine (really more of a lump in this specimen), making this Eleodes

 
the spine is not specific to Eleodes

 
Not overall
But since it's absent in Coelocnemis, we can conclude that a Teneb of this size and shape that has a spine on it's front femur and was found in the U.S. is Eleodes

Eleodes or Coelocnemis. Did i
Eleodes or Coelocnemis. Did it have yellow hairs on it? If so it it's Coelocnemis.

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