Eleodes nigrinus LeConte, 1858

Triplehorn, Charles A., Thomas, Donald B. & Rile, Edward G., 2009, The Genus Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) In Texas, The Coleopterists Bulletin 63 (4), pp. 413-437 : 435

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1177.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924743

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scientific name

Eleodes nigrinus LeConte, 1858
status

 

Eleodes nigrinus LeConte, 1858

(Fig. 40, Map 13)

Diagnosis. Form elongate, subopaque in luster. Pronotum subquadrate, strongly convex; punctures fine, closely spaced. Surface of elytra murico-punctate on sides to granulate substriate on disc. Male profemur strongly arcuate with margin of arcuation microcrenulate. Length: 18–22 mm.

Distribution. Western North America, Canada to Mexico. For Texas, the only record is from Odessa in Ector County. Hyslop (1912) reported this species as common in oat fields in the Pacific Northwest.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Eleodes

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