Amphidorini Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Arizona: Keys and Species Accounts
Author
Johnston, M. Andrew
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287 - 4501, U. S. A.
ajohnston@asu.edu,
Author
Fleming, David
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287 - 4501, U. S. A.
david.fleming.1@asu.edu
Author
Franz, Nico M.
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287 - 4501, U. S. A.
nico.franz@asu.edu
Author
Smith, Aaron D.
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011 - 5640, U. S. A.
aaron.smith@nau.edu
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2015
mo 14
2015-12-18
69
27
54
journal article
0.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.27
1938-4394
10086147
Eleodes
(
Caverneleodes
)
wynnei
Aalbu, Smith, and Triplehorn, 2012
(
Fig. 13D
)
Diagnosis.
Body elongate. Pronotum with disc convex, moderately punctured, lateral margins arcuate, narrowing posteriorly, widest at or just before middle, anterior angles strongly projected, acute. Elytral disc fairly flat, covered with small, scabrous tubercles, each bearing a single light-colored short seta. Profemora lacking spines in both sexes, but crenulate on anterior dorsal surface. All tarsi with strong golden spicules lining plantar surface.
Distribution.
Mohave County,
Arizona
.
Utah
.
Remarks.
This cave–dwelling species is most similar to
Neobaphion planipennis
(LeConte)
, but can be distinguished by the shape of the pronotum and narrow body. This species is known only from caves in the
Arizona
Strip, north of the Grand Canyon as well as caves in southwestern
Utah
.