Eleodes (Metablapylis) nigrinus LeConte, 1858

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 : 48

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4908356

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B31FCE62-BB6B-FFB8-FD79-FCE8FB2A092F

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Carolina

scientific name

Eleodes (Metablapylis) nigrinus LeConte, 1858
status

 

Eleodes (Metablapylis) nigrinus LeConte, 1858

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Diagnosis. Body elongate to elongate–ovate. Pronotum with fairly dense, large punctures, widest anterior of middle, narrowing evenly posteriorly, anterior angles produced, rounded. Elytra faintly punctate-striate, punctures muricate to strongly tuberculate, especially laterally and on apical declivity. Profemora strongly sinuate apically. Tarsi never with tomentose pads. Prosternum slightly projected beyond procoxae, sometimes with spine-like process, sometimes with no noticeable process.

Distribution. Mohave,Coconino,Navajo, Yavapai, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. Broadly distributed from New Mexico north to South Dakota and west to Washington.

Remarks. This species is found at higher elevations of eastern and northern Arizona. The roughly sculptured elytra in conjunction with the pronotal shape serve to separate specimens of this species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Tenebrionidae

Genus

Eleodes

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