Eleodes (Caverneleodes) wynnei Aalbu, Smith, and Triplehorn, 2012

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 : 51

Eleodes (Caverneleodes) wynnei Aalbu, Smith, and Triplehorn, 2012

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Diagnosis. Body elongate. Pronotum with disc convex, moderately punctured, lateral margins arcuate, narrowing posteriorly, widest at or just before middle, anterior angles strongly projected, acute. Elytral disc fairly flat, covered with small, scabrous tubercles, each bearing a single light-colored short seta. Profemora lacking spines in both sexes, but crenulate on anterior dorsal surface. All tarsi with strong golden spicules lining plantar surface.

Distribution. Mohave County, Arizona. Utah.

Remarks. This cave–dwelling species is most similar to Neobaphion planipennis (LeConte) , but can be distinguished by the shape of the pronotum and narrow body. This species is known only from caves in the Arizona Strip, north of the Grand Canyon as well as caves in southwestern Utah.

Figures

Fig. 13. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. orophilus, female, B) E. pimelioides, female, C) E. snowi, female, D) E. wynnei, female. Scale bars = 1 cm.