# Eleodes armata

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Species of beetle

Eleodes armata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Family: Tenebrionidae Genus: Eleodes Species: E. armata Binomial name Eleodes armata LeConte, 1851

***Eleodes armata***, the **armored stink beetle**, is a species of desert stink beetle in the family [Tenebrionidae](/source/Tenebrionidae). It is found in the western United States and Mexico in [arid](/source/Arid) environments.[1][2][3] It has spurs on all of its legs.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gbif_1-0)** ["*Eleodes armata*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/9451988). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2020-11-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bousquet2018_2-0)** Bousquet, Yves; Thomas, Donald B.; Bouchard, Patrice; Smith, Aaron D.; et al. (2018). ["Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799738). *ZooKeys* (728): 1–455. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3897/zookeys.728.20602](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fzookeys.728.20602). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [5799738](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799738). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [29416389](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29416389).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_3-1) Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). *Field Guide to California Insects*. Oakland, California: [University of California Press](/source/University_of_California_Press). p. 242. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780520288744](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780520288744).

Taxon identifiers Eleodes armata Wikidata: Q102797975 BOLD: 382221 GBIF: 9451988 iNaturalist: 358858 NCBI: 2680387 Open Tree of Life: 7172007

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