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purple-striped beetle - Eleodes suturalis

purple-striped beetle - Eleodes suturalis
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie near Vermillion, SE South Dakota, Clay County, South Dakota, USA
September 22, 2009
Size: about 2 cm
Found on bare ground at the summit of the mound.

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Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.

 
Thanks
Thanks Bill.

 
Eleodes species
I'm no expert on these guys, but we do collect and maintain several species of Tenebrionids, "E. suturalis" being one of them.

It would not surprise me if at a later date many of these guys are split and revised.

 
Eleodes suturalis
If you find out anything more, please let me know.

Thanks,
bill

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Darkling Beetle, Tenebrionidae
One of the many semi-arid/arid (plains/desert) species.
Possibly Eleodes suturalis (?)

There are a number of Genera and many more species. Unfortunately many are also very similar in appearance.

 
Thanks
Thanks for the help.

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