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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amphidorini » Desert Stink Beetles (Eleodes) » subgenus Pseudeleodes (Eleodes subgenus Pseudeleodes) » Eleodes tribulus

Species Eleodes tribulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
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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 Pseudeleodes)
Species tribulus (Eleodes tribulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Amphidora caudata Horn 1870
Explanation of Names
Eleodes tribulus (Thomas 2005)
Identification
Body elongate ovate, covered in long, pilose setae. Pronotum subquadrate, lateral margins arcuate, narrowing posteriorly, anterior angles rounded, not produced, disc moderately punctate. Elytra with moderate punctures arranged in more or less confused striae, males often with caudal extension of elytra. Profemora unarmed, sometimes moderately sinuate distally. Protarsi lined with dark spicules, plantar surface uninterrupted. (1)
Range
AZ & so.CA (map)(2)
Works Cited
1.Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)
2.Smith A.D. tenebrioniDBase
Contributed by v belov on 18 December, 2012 - 6:39am
Additional contributions by Hisserdude
Last updated 27 July, 2016 - 7:51pm

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