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subgenus Melaneleodes (Eleodes subgenus Melaneleodes)
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Copyright © 2012
Bob Webster
Black Beetle -
Eleodes
Black Mesa, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, USA
September 10, 2012
It was wandering around on the ground.
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Contributed by
Bob Webster
on 11 September, 2012 - 10:27pm
Last updated 15 February, 2024 - 11:51am
Moved
Moved from
Eleodes carbonaria obsoleta
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I Fox
, 15 February, 2024 - 11:51am
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The iNat observation is here:
The iNat observation is here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35994510
, there is some interesting discussion.
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I Fox
, 15 February, 2024 - 11:53am
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Melaneleodes
Not carbonaria which i_fox did confirm on iNaturalist.
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Carlos A. Armenta
, 15 February, 2024 - 9:18am
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Moved
Moved from
Eleodes carbonaria
.
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I Fox
, 12 November, 2020 - 9:42pm
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Moved
Moved from
Eleodes acuta
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Andrew Johnston
, 5 October, 2019 - 2:27pm
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I'm pretty sure this is not E
I'm pretty sure this is not E. acuta. It might be E. carbonaria though.
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I Fox
, 19 May, 2019 - 9:56am
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Moved
Moved from
Desert Stink Beetles
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v belov
, 29 June, 2018 - 9:09am
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Moved
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Beetles
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v belov
, 12 September, 2012 - 10:33am
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