Eleodes (Eleodes) spinipes Solier, 1848

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 : 50

Eleodes (Eleodes) spinipes Solier, 1848

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Eleodes spinipes macrurus Champion, 1892

Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate. Pronotum subquadrate, lateral margins evenly arcuate, anterior angles produced, acute. Elytra punctate-striate, punctures small, striae not impressed, with distinct caudal extension, longer in males and rather short in females. Profemora always spined, probasitarsis with pad of tomentose setae interrupting plantar surface in males. Prosternum extending posteriorly of procoxae.

Distribution. Santa Cruz County, Arizona. Texas, New Mexico; northern and central Mexico.

Remarks. This species has only recently been reported from the state by a single specimen near Nogales ( Triplehorn et al. 2015). The subspecies in our region, E. spinipes macrurus , is widespread throughout the Chihuahuan Desert and just touches the southern border of Arizona.

Figures

Fig. 6. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. eschscholtzi, male, B) E. eschscholtzi, female; C) E. caudiferus, D) E. spinipes macrurus, male. Scale bars = 1 cm.