FAMILY TENEBRIONIDAE (Darkling Beetles)

Coleoptera-Tenebrionidae-Eleodes subnitens-Desert Stink Beetles FEMALE (D)

Eleodes subnitens

Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Coordinates: 31.335374, -110.937994
Elevation: 3,932 ft
September 27, 2019
Size: 22 mm
Found walking on the ground after rains
Determined by Salvador Vitanza
Confirmed by Dr. Andrew Johnston (via these images) who said: “It sure is a female E. subnitens! The best character to separate it from E. madrensis is the prosternal process, but the shape of the pronotum is quite diagnostic, especially in these nice photos.”

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