Eleodes (Caverneleodes)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenebrionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tenebrionidae
Subfamilia: Blaptinae
Tribus: Amphidorini
Genus: Eleodes
Subgenus: Eleodes (Caverneleodes)
Species (12): E. easterlai – E. grutus – E. guadalupensis – E. labialis – E. leptoscelis – E. microps – E. reddelli – E. rugosifrons – E. sprousei – E. thomasi – E. wheeleri – E. wynnei

Name

• Caverneleodes Triplehorn, 1975

Primary references

• Triplehorn, C.A. 1975. A new subgenus of Eleodes, with three new cave-inhabiting species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(1): 39-43. JSTOR Reference page. 

References

• Aalbu, R.L.; Smith, A.D.; Triplehorn, C.A. 2012: A revision of the Eleodes (subgenus Caverneleodes) with new species and notes on cave breeding Eleodes (Tenebrionidae: Amphidorini). Annales zoologici, 62(2): 199–216. DOI: 10.3161/000345412X652729
• Triplehorn, C.A. 2007. New species of Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109(3): 628-642. BHL Reference page. 
• Triplehorn, C.A. & Reddell, J.R. 1991. Two new species of Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Mexican caves. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93(3): 525-532. BHL Reference page.