Eleodes (Blapylis) pimelioides 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 : 49

Eleodes (Blapylis) pimelioides Mannerheim, 1843

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Diagnosis. Body ovate-elongate. Pronotum covered with large punctures, lateral margins strongly arcuate, constricted and parallel-sided posteriorly. Elytra covered in fairly large, rounded tubercles, each bearing a single seta, interspersed with smaller tubercles in between. Propleura weakly rugose, without distinct tubercles. Prosternum declivous, not projected posteriorly of procoxae.

Distribution. CoconinoCounty,Arizona.Wyoming south to Colorado, west to California and north to British Columbia, Canada.

Remarks. After examining Blaisdell types at the California Academy of Sciences, we have decided to apply the name E. pimelioides to the taxon represented in Arizona. The type of E. pimelioides patruelis Blaisdell, 1933 is externally very similar and likely conspecific with the current species. Boddy (1957) synonymized E. pimelioides patruelis with E. verrucula Blaisdell , which he simultaneously sank as a subspecies of the then resurrected species E. rotundipennis LeConte , which itself had been treated by Blaisdell (1909) as a subspecies of E. cordatus Eschscholtz. This complex of species, with some 16 synonyms and subspecies, is in great need of revision before any taxonomic changes can justifiably be made.

Figures

Fig. 13. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. orophilus, female, B) E. pimelioides, female, C) E. snowi, female, D) E. wynnei, female. Scale bars = 1 cm.