Eleodes extricatus ( Say, 1823 )

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 : 422

Eleodes extricatus ( Say, 1823)

(Figs. 7–8, Map 5)

Diagnosis. A small, convex, somewhat fusiform (especially the male), glabrous species. The elytra have approximate rows of moderately coarse punctures. The pronotum is subquadrate and finely punctate. The profemora are dentate in the male, sinuate in the female. A pencil of golden setae interrupts the basal protarsomere in the male. Length: 11–15 mm.

Distribution. In Texas, this species occurs in the far west and panhandle. It ranges from Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan in Canada, south to Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico. Parmenter et al. (1989) reported on diel periodicity in activity of this species in the Wyoming rangelands.