Eleodes (Omegeleodes) debilis 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 : 45

Eleodes (Omegeleodes) debilis LeConte, 1858

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Diagnosis. Body elongate-ovate. Pronotum subquadrate, widest just anterior of middle, lateral margins moderately arcuate, anterior angles very slightly projected. Elytra fairly densely punctate, punctures moderately large, more or less arranged in striae, posterior region tapering evenly to apex. Profemora unarmed in both sexes, probasitarsus with pencil brush of dark spicules interrupting apex of plantar surface in both sexes. Prosternum widest near posterior margin of procoxae, prosternal process rapidly narrowing just behind procoxae, forming large triangular projection. Male parameres narrow and more or less parallel laterally in apical 2/3, apex not deflexed ventrally. Female genitalia with coxites subrectangular, gonostyle large, transverse, positioned posteriorly on coxite.

Distribution. Pinal and Cochise Counties, Arizona. New Mexico, Texas; Chihuahua, Mexico.

Remarks. This species strongly resembles both E. arcuatus and E. extricatus . It can be separated from the latter externally by the moderately large punctures of the elytra and lack of muricate sculpturing, or most decisively by the apically narrowed male genitalia.

Figures

Fig. 9. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. rileyi, female, B) E. leptoscelis, paratype, male, C) E. arcuatus, female, D) E. debilis, female. Scale bars = 1 cm.