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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 Eleodes (Eleodes subgenus Eleodes) » Eleodes hispilabris
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Darkling Beetle - Eleodes hispilabris
Copyright © 2005 john and jane balaban

Darkling Beetle - Eleodes hispilabris
White Sands Natl Monument, Alamagordo, New Mexico, USA
April 12, 1979
Size: about 2 cm
We cropped the previous image so the insect would be more visible but the focus is not that good at such magnification. Feel free to frass this if it's not a useful image.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 January, 2005 - 8:23pm
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 12:21pm

Moved
Moved from Desert Stink Beetles.
… v belov, 10 February, 2024 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Well...
The Eleodes that I shot there turned out to be E. hispilabris, and with the grooved elytra I think that's a better match than E. dentipes.

However, there are apparently eight species there to choose from, so it could be neither!
… Charley Eiseman, 3 April, 2010 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

 
E. hispilabris
Definitely, dentipes is also far out of range for this.
… eleodesthermopolis, 10 February, 2024 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

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