Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis Mannerheim, 1843

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 : 47

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https://doi.org/ 0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27

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scientific name

Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis Mannerheim, 1843
status

 

Eleodes (Eleodes) grandicollis Mannerheim, 1843

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Eleodes validus Boheman, 1859

Diagnosis. Body elongate, shiny, very robust, large species (> 26 mm). Pronotum widest anterior to middle, narrowing posteriorly, anterior angles only slightly produced. Profemora always with strongly acute spine. Elytra elongate-oval, faintly punctate–striate, humeral angles obsolete.

Distribution. Mohave and Yuma Counties, Arizona.California, Nevada; Baja California, Mexico.

Remarks. We have seen no specimens of this species from Arizona, yet Blaisdell (1909) reliably reported specimens from Yuma and Mohave Counties. This is unsurprising in that the species is found throughout the Mojave Desert, and despite its large size is infrequently collected and never in large series. This species can be encountered in lower Mojave Desert habitats in far western Arizona.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Eleodes

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