Eleodes spiculiferus Triplehorn, 2007

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 : 426

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1177.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4924706

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/755B87E6-FFDB-FF9D-6E35-F35FFD26977E

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Eleodes spiculiferus Triplehorn, 2007
status

 

Eleodes spiculiferus Triplehorn, 2007

(Figs. 19–20, Map 7)

Diagnosis. This is a medium-sized species in which the elytral surface is densely papillose, each papilla bearing a short, pale, recumbent seta. The pronotum is broader than long, the basal and apical angles obtusely rounded. The profemora are dentate in the male, mutic in the female. In the male, the basal protarsomere has a dense pad of golden setae. Length: 14–17 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Eleodes

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