''Eleodes armata'', the armored stink beetle, is a species of desert stink beetle in the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...

. It is found in the western United States and Mexico in

arid A region is arid when it severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Regions with arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic. Most ar ...

environments. It has spurs on all of its legs.

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Tenebrionidae Beetles described in 1851 Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte Beetles of North America {{tenebrionidae-stub