Melaneleodes Blaisdell, 1909

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 : 417-418

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1177.1

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scientific name

Melaneleodes Blaisdell, 1909
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Subgenus Melaneleodes Blaisdell, 1909

Six Texas species are assignable to this subgenus. The external apical lobe of the ovipositor is well developed (obsolete in other subgenera). In these species the profemora are unarmed and there is typically a sexual dimorphism in the relative

size of the protibial spurs. Several of the species, the ‘‘ tricostatus ’’ group, have a characteristic depressed fusiform shape ( Blaisdell 1909).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

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