''Eleodes suturalis'' is a species of darkling beetle. As currently known, it is endemic to the United States. Their range extends from South Dakota to Texas and west to southwestern Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and extreme southeastern Arizona, and probably into Mexico. Males measure and females in length. They can be easily identified by the distinctive red stripe which goes down the center of their flat elytra.

Ecology

Like other members of the genus ''

Eleodes ''Eleodes'' is a genus of darkling beetles, family Tenebrionidae. They are commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles. They are endemic to western North America, with many species found in the Sonoran Desert. The name ''pinacate ...

'', when these beetles feel threatened they raise their abdomen into the air and secrete a foul smelling liquid. Both the larva and adults are herbivorous in nature, eating the seeds of various plants.

References

* ; (eds.) 1973: ''Environmental Entomology, Volume 2, Issue 1''. Tenebrionidae Beetles of the United States Endemic insects of the United States Beetles described in 1823 Taxa named by Thomas Say {{tenebrionidae-stub