Eleodes (Melaneleodes) Blaisdell 1909 (darkling beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae

Full reference: F. E. Blaisdell. 1909. A monographic revision of the Coleoptera belonging to the tenebrionide tribe Eleodiini inhabiting the United States, Lower California, and adjacent islands. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 63:1-524

Parent taxon: Eleodes according to P. Bouchard et al. 2021

See also Blaisdell 1909 and Bousquet et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Eleodes (Blapylis), Eleodes (Cratidus), Eleodes (Eleodes), Eleodes (Litheleodes), Eleodes (Xysta)

Subtaxa: Eleodes (Melaneleodes) carbonaria

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Rancho La Brea (UCMP 2051) (Quaternary of California)

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