taxonID	type	description	language	source
9F4353615F7AFF87FF38F8BDFD6EFDA8.taxon	description	Original Description: “ Black, rather dull. Head slightly excavated on the fore border and on each side in front of the base of the antennae. Head and thorax very minutely punctured. Thorax very convex on each side before the middle. Elytra elongate oval, with distinct punctured striae, somewhat broader than the thorax, and more than thrice its length. Length of the body 14 lines. ”	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7AFF87FF38F8BDFD6EFDA8.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. HOLOTYPE by monotypy. Labels: (a) [circular, margined in red; printed] “ Type H. T. ” (b) [hand-script] “ convexicollis ”. Eleodes convexicollis Walker was placed in synonymy under Eleodes obscurus (Say 1824) on page 248 of Gebien’s (1910) catalog and we confirm that in fact the specimen is a female of that taxon as currently recognized. Eleodes obscurus is a widespread and variable species occurring from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Walker’s name is the senior homonym of a name proposed by Blaisdell (1909) for a subspecies of Eleodes extricatus (Say) which has been renamed as E. extricatus convexinotus Thomas (2005). A table with synonymy follows the discussion of the next Walker species.	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7BFF84FF38F905FE82FD34.taxon	description	Original Description: “ Black, rather dull, like H. convexicollis in structure. Head and thorax very minutely punctured. Thorax with a shallow discal on each side hindward; sides less convex than those of H. convexicollis. Scutellum larger. Elytra narrower; their sides more linear. Length of the body, 13 lines. ”	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7BFF84FF38F905FE82FD34.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. HOLOTYPE by monotypy. Labels: (a) [circular, margined in red, printed] “ Type H. T. ” (b) [circular, margined in red, printed] “ Type H. T. ” (c) [hand-script] “ conjuncta. ” (d) [circular, hand-script] “ 64 18. ” Eleodes conjunctus Walker was placed in synonymy under Eleodes obscurus (Say 1824) on page 248 of Gebien’s (1910) catalog and we confirm that in fact the specimen is a male of that species. In his description Walker compared conjunctus to convexicollis but used the prefix “ H. ” instead of “ E. ” for Eleodes. It may be that this error stems from an early draft wherein Walker had placed his species in Helops F. the next genus treated in his article. It is also likely that the word “ impression, ” to follow the adjective “ discal, ” was left out of the published version of the description. Another relevant and available name is Eleodes sulcipennis (Mannerheim 1843) described from specimens collected in the Pacific Northwest by the Russian expeditions to that area. Horn (1870) reduced its status to a “ race ” of E. obscurus and it is now considered to be a subspecies following Wickham (1890) and Blaisdell (1909). Walker’s specimens of E. convexicollis and E. conjunctus correspond to that taxon and are therefore junior synonyms of Eleodes obscurus sulcipennis Mannerheim, and they were correctly listed in this combination by Leng (1920).	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F79FF85FF38FC2AFB1BF91A.taxon	description	Original Description: “ Black, broad, somewhat dull. Head and thorax thickly and minutely punctured. Head with an indistinct transverse impressed line in front of the eyes; clypeus somewhat shining. Thorax much broader than the head; sides convex in front. Elytra elliptical, very thickly punctured, with slight striae, much broader than the thorax, and nearly thrice its length; sides convex. Length of the body, 9 lines. ”	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F79FF85FF38FC2AFB1BF91A.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. HOLOTYPE by monotypy. Labels: (a) [circular, margined in red, printed] “ Type H. T. ” (b) [circular, blue, hand-script] “ Brit Colum ” (c) [hand-script] “ latiuscula ” (d) [hand-script] “ E. humeralis (named by LeConte). ” (e) [circular, hand-script] “ 64 18. ” This species appears as a synonym of Eleodes humeralis LeConte 1857 on page 247 of Gebiens’s (1910) catalogue and we confirm this synonymy. This species occurs along the Pacific coast from California to British Columbia. The determination on the specimen as E. humeralis may have been added by George Champion, a coleopterist with the British Museum, a tenebrionid specialist, describer of many Eleodes species, and contemporary of Hans Gebien. Max Barclay informs us that the hand writing however is not that of Champion, but likely that of someone employed by the museum for labeling. Interestingly, none of Walker’s names were included in Champion’s (1895) checklist. Perhaps there was correspondence between the two men during the preparation of Gebien’s catalog. Perhaps it was Champion who attached the type labels as well. Our concept of E. humeralis follows the revision of the subgenus Melaneleodes Blaisdell by Triplehorn & Thomas (2011).	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7EFF83FF38FAB1FD36FE38.taxon	description	Original Description: “ Black, slightly shining. Head and thorax extremely minutely punctured. Thorax with a slight impression on each side of the middle of the disk; sides convex before the middle; fore angles prominent, acute. Elytra subfusiform, with slight punctured striae, nearly four times the length of the thorax. Length of the body, 10 lines. ”	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7EFF83FF38FAB1FD36FE38.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. HOLOTYPE by monotypy. Labels: (a) [circular, margined in red] “ Type H. T. ” (b) [circular, blue, hand-script] “ Brit Colum, ” (c) [handscript] “ binotata. ” Gebien (1910) listed Walker’s name as a synonym of Eleodes sponsus LeConte (1858). But E. sponsus does not occur in or near British Columbia, being native to the four-corners area of New Mexico (the type locality) and adjacent parts of Colorado, Utah and Arizona. On examination we find that Walker’s beetle is actually conspecific with Eleodes hispilabris (Say 1824). Eleodes hispilabris is a widespread and variable species occurring from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Boddy (1965) astutely recognized Walker’s species as a synonym of E. hispilabris connexa LeConte, a variant found in New Mexico and west Texas. The population in the Pacific northwest was characterized as “ forma laevis ” by Blaisdell (1909), later formally described by him (Blaisdell 1918) as “ variety imitabilis, ” which he later (Blaisdell 1925) raised to subspecific status. They have the integument dull, alutaceous, smooth; sulci very shallow, intervals feebly convex. This is the race found in eastern Washington and Oregon, eastern Idaho, northwestern Nevada, and northeastern California. Eleodes binotatus (Walker 1866) from British Columbia belongs here as well and is thus senior as a synonym of the subspecies name imitabilis Blaisdell (1918). Our concept of E. hispilabris and its variants is treated in a revision of the subgenus Eleodes currently in preparation. Although we do not consider the forms of E. hispilabris to warrant subspecific status, future revisers should be aware of the priority.	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7CFF80FF38FC89FA80F966.taxon	description	Original Description: “ Black, dull. Head and thorax thickly punctured. Head with a transverse impressed line between the base of the antennae; clypeus somewhat shining. Thorax somewhat broader than the head, harder, broader behind than in front; sides almost straight; fore angles acute. Elytra elliptical, with numerous lines of minute tubercles, almost twice broader than the thorax, and about thrice its length. Length of the body, 5 - 1 / 2 lines. ”	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
9F4353615F7CFF80FF38FC89FA80F966.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. HOLOTYPE by monotypy. Labels: (a) “ Type H. T ” [printed, circular with red margin]. (b) “ Brit Colum ” [hand-script, circular, light blue]. (c) “ subtuberculata ” [hand-script]. (d) “ E. granulata (named by LeConte) ” [hand-script]. (e) [circular, hand-script] “ 64 18. ”	en	Thomas, Donald B., Smith, Aaron D., Triplehorn, Charles A., Aalbu, Rolf A. (2014): Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835 (4): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9
