Eleodes easterlai Triplehorn, 1975
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924732 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/755B87E6-FFC3-FF85-6EC7-F71EFE2E934B |
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Carolina |
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Eleodes easterlai Triplehorn, 1975 |
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Eleodes easterlai Triplehorn, 1975
(Fig. 38, Map 15)
Diagnosis. Surface dull, minutely setose, body flattened dorsally. Eyes small, narrow, and distinctly flattened. Pronotum about equally long as wide, with greatest width in anterior third. Profemora unarmed. The mentum has a conspicuous longitudinal carina. Length: 13–19 mm.
Distribution. Known only from a cave on Emory Peak, Big Bend National Park. This cave contains the only U.S. population of the Mexican long-tongued bat, a nectar-feeding species.
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