Eleodes (Promus) subnitens LeConte, 1851

Johnston, M. Andrew, Fleming, David, Franz, Nico M. & Smith, Aaron D., 2015, Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts, The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 14) 69, pp. 27-54 : 50

Eleodes (Promus) subnitens LeConte, 1851

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Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate. Pronotum subquadrate, minutely punctured, lateral margins feebly arcuate, not noticeably constricted posteriorly, anterior angles acute, more or less deflexed posterolaterally. Elytra generally dull in luster, faintly and minutely punctate-striate. Profemur spined in males, strongly sinuate in females. Probasitarsis in male with pad of tomentose setae covering plantar surface. Prosternum porrect, wedge-shaped, extending well posterior of procoxae.

Distribution. Yavapai, Gila, Graham, Pinal, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. New Mexico; Sonora, Mexico.

Remarks. This species is very similar to E. madrensis and can be readily separated by the pronotum, which is not constricted or sinuate posteriorly, and by the shape of the prosternum.

Figures

Fig. 7. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. longicollis, female, B) E. subnitens, male, C) E. extricatus, female, D) E. extricatus arizonensis, male. Scale bars = 1 cm.