Eleodes (Eleodes) sponsus 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 : 50

Eleodes (Eleodes) sponsus LeConte, 1858

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Diagnosis. Body elongate. Pronotum minutely punctured, lateral margins moderately arcuate, narrowing and sinuate posteriorly, anterior angles acute, anterolaterally projected. Elytra fairly evently scabrous throughout. Profemora spined in both sexes. All tarsi without tomentose pads. Prosternum flat, faintly if at all projected posteriorly of procoxae.

Distribution. Coconino, Apache, and Cochise Counties, Arizona. Colorado, New Mexico, Texas.

Remarks. This species most closely resembles E. gracilis and E. hispilabris and can be readily separated from them by the scabrous elytra. The pronotum is less constricted posteriorly than in E. hispilabris and generally more constricted than in E. gracilis .

Figures

Fig. 8. Eleodes species, dorsal habitus. A) E. hispilabris, female, B) E. sponsus, female, C) E. gracilis, D) E. grandicollis, male. Scale bars = 1 cm.