Biology:Eleodes osculans

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Short description: Species of beetle


Wooly darkling beetle
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Eleodes osculans
LeConte, 1851
Synonyms[1]
  • Eleodes behrii Amphidora osculans
  • Eleodes intermedia
  • Cratidus ovipennis
  • Cratidus fuscipilosus

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

  1. ↑ 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" (in en). ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 29416389. PMC 5799738. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/20602/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 244. ISBN 9780520288744. 
  3. ↑ 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" (in en). ZooKeys (728): 1–455. doi:10.3897/zookeys.728.20602. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 29416389. PMC 5799738. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/20602/. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Species Eleodes osculans - Wooly Darkling Beetle". https://bugguide.net/node/view/39453. 

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

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