{{Short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | name= Dentate stink beetle | image = Eleodes dentipes-1.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Eleodes | species = dentipes | authority = [[Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz|Eschscholtz]], 1829 }}

'''''Eleodes dentipes''''', the '''dentate stink beetle''', is a species of desert stink beetle in the family [[Tenebrionidae]].<ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugguide/><ref name=Bousquet2018/> It is 16–28&nbsp;mm in length and common in rotting wood and dry leaves.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Will |first=Kip |title=Field Guide to California Insects |last2=Gross |first2=Joyce |last3=Rubinoff |first3=Daniel |last4=Powell |first4=Jerry A. |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=2020 |isbn=9780520288744 |location=Oakland, California |pages=244}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Eleodes dentipes'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/9672850 | website=GBIF | access-date=2021-09-08 }}</ref>

<ref name=bugguide> {{Cite web| title=''Eleodes dentipes'' species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/110850 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2021-09-08 }}</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> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite journal | title = Redefinition of the Eleodes Eschscholtz subgenera Tricheleodes Blaisdell and Pseudeleodes Blaisdell | date = 2016 | last1 = Johnston | first1 = M. A. | journal = Annales Zoologici | volume = 66| issue = 4| pages = 665–679 | doi = 10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.4.018 | s2cid = 90125600 }} {{refend}}

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[[Category:Eleodes|dentipes]] [[Category:Beetles described in 1829]]

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