Eleodes (Tricheleodes) pilosus Horn, 1870

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 : 49

Eleodes (Tricheleodes) pilosus Horn, 1870

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Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate, covered in long, bristling setae. Pronotum confluently punctate, rugose, anterior angles slightly projected and weakly pointed. Elytra apparently impunctate, covered with small tubercles, each bearing a single, long seta, more or less arranged in striae. Profemora unspined. Prosternum with a rounded, slightly inflated bulge projected posteriorly of procoxae.

Distribution. Navajo, Apache, and Gila Counties, Arizona. New Mexico west to California and north to Idaho.

Remarks. This species can often be found on sand dunes and very sandy soils.

Figures

Fig. 5. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. barbatus, B) E. pilosus, C) E. tribulus, male, D) E. tribulus, female. Scale bars = 1 cm.