Species Eleodes acuticauda

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Eleodes acuticaudus - Eleodes acuticauda

Beetles Mating - Eleodes acuticauda - male - female

Black beetle, maybe type of stinkbug? - Eleodes acuticauda

Eleodes acuticauda aggregation specimen - Eleodes acuticauda

Eleodes acuticauda aggregation (this is more or less the entire aggregation) - Eleodes acuticauda

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 Eleodes)

Species acuticauda (Eleodes acuticauda)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eleodes acuticaudus

Explanation of Names

Eleodes acuticauda LeConte 1851

Identification

(Below comments drawn from experts on

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Strongly arcuate pronotum twice width of the head with dentate projections on the anterior corners.

Versus Coelocnemis, has a large, broad head rather than a small one, and spines are present on the first pair of legs.

(Another trait separating Coelocnemis is the presence of golden hairs on the underside of the legs.)

Range

TBA (map)(1)

Common in the Los Angeles area

Remarks

The gender of Eleodes is feminine (2), so adjectivic species names end -is or -a, not -um.

Works Cited

1.	Smith A.D. tenebrioniDBase

2.	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.

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 31 July, 2009 - 1:18pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, v belov, James Bailey, metrioptera
Last updated 27 October, 2018 - 6:35am

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