| Wooly darkling beetle | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Eleodes |
| Species: | E. osculans
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| Binomial name | |
| Eleodes osculans
LeConte, 1851
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Eleodes osculans, the wooly darkling beetle or woolly ground beetle, is a common insect in coastal southern and central California in wooded areas or chaparral, and in Baja California. [2] [3] As a stink beetle of genus Eleodes, its easily observed defensive posture is to raise its hind end and secrete an unpleasant odor. E. osculans has a length of 12-16 mm and is the only known darkling beetle species with reddish-brown hair covering most of its black exoskeleton. [2] [4] It is similar to Eleodes nigropilosa and Eleodes littoralis, which have darker hair. [4]
References
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Johnston, M. Andrew; Jr, Warren E. Steiner (2018-01-15). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. Bibcode: 2018ZooK..728....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- ^ a b Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Johnston, M. Andrew; Jr, Warren E. Steiner (2018-01-15). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. Bibcode: 2018ZooK..728....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- ^ a b "Species Eleodes osculans - Wooly Darkling Beetle". BugGuide. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.) 2002: American beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. limited preview
External links
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Data related to
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| Wooly darkling beetle | |
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|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Genus: | Eleodes |
| Species: | E. osculans
|
| Binomial name | |
| Eleodes osculans
LeConte, 1851
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Eleodes osculans, the wooly darkling beetle or woolly ground beetle, is a common insect in coastal southern and central California in wooded areas or chaparral, and in Baja California. [2] [3] As a stink beetle of genus Eleodes, its easily observed defensive posture is to raise its hind end and secrete an unpleasant odor. E. osculans has a length of 12-16 mm and is the only known darkling beetle species with reddish-brown hair covering most of its black exoskeleton. [2] [4] It is similar to Eleodes nigropilosa and Eleodes littoralis, which have darker hair. [4]
References
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Johnston, M. Andrew; Jr, Warren E. Steiner (2018-01-15). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. Bibcode: 2018ZooK..728....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- ^ a b Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; Aalbu, Rolf L.; Johnston, M. Andrew; Jr, Warren E. Steiner (2018-01-15). "Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America". ZooKeys (728): 1–455. Bibcode: 2018ZooK..728....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5799738. PMID 29416389.
- ^ a b "Species Eleodes osculans - Wooly Darkling Beetle". BugGuide. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H., jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.) 2002: American beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. limited preview
External links
-
Media related to
Eleodes osculans at Wikimedia Commons
-
Data related to
Eleodes osculans at Wikispecies
|
| This Tenebrionidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |