Eleodes goryi Solier, 1848

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 : 424

Eleodes goryi Solier, 1848

(Figs. 9–10, Map 4)

Diagnosis. This is an ovate, somewhat ventricose species, usually with coarsely punctured elytral striae (in some individuals the punctures are fine); the punctures are scattered, not in grooves. The elytra are convex, without lateral margins. The profemora are dentate in the male, feebly toothed or simply sinuate in the female. The basal two protarsomeres are thickened, dilated and clothed beneath with dense, spongy-pubescent pads of setae in the male; the female tarsi are unmodified. Length: 15–21 mm.

Distribution. Common in the southern half of Texas. It also occurs in New Mexico and in the eastern part of Mexico, as far south as Puebla.