Eleodes (Litheleodes) 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 (Melaneleodes), Eleodes (Xysta)
Subtaxa: Eleodes (Litheleodes) granulata
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Ziegler Reservoir, Locality 49, Unit 12 (Quaternary of Colorado)