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Desert Stink Beetles
Eleodes
Eleodes (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species found along the Mexico-United States border. Some species have been introduced to Colombia. The name pinacate is Mexican Spanish, derived from the Nahuatl (Aztec) name for the insect, pinacatl, which translates as "black beetle."
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Eleodes
subgenusEleodes
Promus
subgenusPromus
Melaneleodes
subgenusMelaneleodes
Blapylis
subgenusBlapylis
Cratidus
subgenusCratidus
Steneleodes
subgenusSteneleodes
Litheleodes
subgenusLitheleodes
Pseudeleodes
subgenusPseudeleodes
Metablapylis
subgenusMetablapylis
Amphidora
subgenusAmphidora
Discogenia
subgenusDiscogenia
Caverneleodes
subgenusCaverneleodes
Heteropromus
subgenusHeteropromus
Tricheleodes
subgenusTricheleodes
Chaseleodes
subgenusChaseleodes
Omegeleodes
subgenusOmegeleodes
Eleodes polita
speciesEleodes polita
Eleodes barbata
speciesEleodes barbata
Ardeleodes
subgenusArdeleodes
Eleodes aequalis
speciesEleodes aequalis
Eleodes amaura
speciesEleodes amaura
Eleodes brevicollis
speciesEleodes brevicollis
Eleodes cylindrica
speciesEleodes cylindrica
Eleodes dilaticollis
speciesEleodes dilaticollis
Eleodes ebenina
speciesEleodes ebenina
Eleodes elongatula
speciesEleodes elongatula
Eleodes impolita
speciesEleodes impolita
Eleodes maura
speciesEleodes maura
Eleodes melanaria
speciesEleodes melanaria
Eleodes obliterata
speciesEleodes obliterata
Eleodes rotundicollis
speciesEleodes rotundicollis
Eleodes scapularis
speciesEleodes scapularis
Eleodes segregata
speciesEleodes segregata
Eleodes striata
speciesEleodes striata
Eleodes sulcata
speciesEleodes sulcata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53817.