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Darkling beetle from Petroglyph National Monument, Bernalillio county, New Mexico. - Eleodes obscura
Copyright © 2012 Bill Gorum

Darkling beetle from Petroglyph National Monument, Bernalillio county, New Mexico. - Eleodes obscura
west of Albuquerque, Bernalillio County, New Mexico, USA
June 6, 2011
Size: approximately 5 cm
Trying to figure out the species on this one.
Contributed by Bill Gorum on 21 January, 2012 - 1:13pm
Last updated 21 July, 2020 - 12:37am

Moved
Moved from Eleodes obscura.
… Hisserdude, 21 July, 2020 - 12:37am

Moved
Moved from subgenus Eleodes.
… Hisserdude, 18 October, 2016 - 8:54pm

Moved tentatively: the genus is under revision
further identification (to species) may not be possible from this photo; there may be dozens of spp. of this subgenus in NM, although the exact location may help narrowing down the ID options once the results of the revision have been published

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 21 January, 2012 - 1:14pm

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