FAMILY TENEBRIONIDAE (Darkling Beetles)

Coleoptera-Tenebrionidae-Eleodes gracilis-Desert Stink Beetles (B)

Eleodes gracilis

Fraguita Wash near Arivaca
Pima County, Arizona
Coordinates: 31.586283, -111.352936
Elevation: 3,567 ft
November 2, 2019
Size: 21 mm
Determined by Dr. Andrew Johnston who said: “That is Eleodes gracilis LeConte, 1858. It is quite similar to E. hispilabris but lacks the sulcate elytra and the pronotum is not quite as constricted.”

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