Eleodes acuticauda

{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Eleodes acuticauda.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Eleodes | species = acuticauda | authority = [[John Lawrence LeConte|LeConte]], 1851 }}

'''''Eleodes acuticauda''''' is a species of desert stink beetle in the family [[Tenebrionidae]], found in southwestern North America.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=Bousquet2018/> Their [[Prothorax|pronotum]], strongly arcuate, is twice width of their head, having dentate projections on the anterior corners. The spines on the front legs, as well as lack of golden hairs on the underside of the legs distinguish it from [[Coelocnemis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Species Eleodes acuticauda |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/313075 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=bugguide.net}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Eleodes acuticauda'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8698067 | website=GBIF | access-date=2020-11-25 }}</ref>

<ref name=Bousquet2018> {{Cite journal | title = Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America | date = 2018 | last1 = Bousquet | first1 = Yves | last2 = Thomas | first2 = Donald B. | last3 = Bouchard | first3 = Patrice | last4 = Smith | first4 = Aaron D. | last5 = Aalbu | first5 = Rolf L. | last6 = Johnston | first6 = M. Andrew | last7 = Steiner | first7 = Warren E. Jr. | display-authors = 4 | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 728| pages = 1–455 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602 | pmc=5799738 | pmid=29416389 | doi-access = free }}</ref> }}

[[Category:Eleodes|acuticauda]] [[Category:Beetles described in 1851]] [[Category:Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte]] [[Category:Beetles of North America]]