Eleodes (Melaneleodes) anthracinus Blaisdell, 1909

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 : 44

Eleodes (Melaneleodes) anthracinus Blaisdell, 1909

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Eleodes quadricollis anthracinus Blaisdell, 1909 Eleodes anthracinus lustrans Blaisdell, 1909

Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate, integument glabrous, dull to subshiny. Pronotum subquadrate, anterior margin slightly excavate, anterior angles rounded. Profemur never armed. Prosternum vertically flat posteriorly, not extending beyond procoxae. Elytra smooth, faintly punctate-striate. Female with inner protibial spur spatulate, parallel-sided.

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

Remarks. Originally described as a subspecies of Eleodes quadricollis Eschscholtz , E. anthracinus is quite disjunct from that species known from around San Francisco, California. The subspecies E. anthracinus lustrans is known from the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona (see Triplehorn and Thomas 2011 for discussion).

Figures

Fig. 10. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. anthracinus, female, B) E. carbonarius carbonarius, male, C) E. carbonarius obsoletus, female, D) E. carbonarius chihuahuaensis, female. Scale bars = 1 cm.