Eleodes (Steneleodes) hepburni Champion, 1884

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 : 47

Eleodes (Steneleodes) hepburni Champion, 1884

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Eleodes compressitarsis Blaisdell, 1935

Eleodes beameri Blaisdell, 1937

Eleodes bryanti Blaisdell, 1937

Eleodes palmerleensis Blaisdell, 1937

Diagnosis. Body elongate, fairly large. Pronotum widest just anterior of middle, slightly narrowing posteriorly, anterior angles slightly projected, rectangular. Profemora strongly sinuate in both sexes, protarsi with at least basitarsis with plantar surface covered with tomentose pad (females), protarsomeres II–III sometimes with tomentose pad (males). Elytra elongate, faintly punctate striate, punctures small and fairly inconspicuous.

Distribution. Gila, Pima, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. Sonora, Mexico.

Remarks. This species is found at high elevation in the Chiricahua, Huachuca, and Santa Rita Mountains. A population is also known from the Pinal Mountains, which differs slightly from the others by having slightly asperate elytral punctures. Most similar to E. longicollis , E. hepburni , a fairly large and elongate species, can be readily separated from it by the shape of the pronotum.

Figures

Fig. 11. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. madrensis, female, B) E. hepburni, female, C) E. delicatus, female, D) E. wheeleri, female. Scale bars = 1 cm.