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Discogenia scabricula (LeConte, 1858)
Genus: Discogenia LeConte, 1866 (Eleodes (Discogenia))
Type species: Eleodes scabricula
Range: California and extreme western Nevada
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Primary differentiating characteristics: Elytra roughly sculptured, apex attenuate, blunt ot acute, pronotum broad and strongly arcuate, not constricted or very weakly constricted at base, profemora sometimes dentate, elytra glabrous and never with papillae.
Discogenia marginata (Eschscholtz, 1829)
-The following are the two species within Discogenia-
Binomial: Discogenia scabricula (LeConte, 1858) (Eleodes scabricula)
Range: Eastern California and extreme western Nevada (USA)
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Primary differentiating characteristics: Against marginata - luster usally dull, elytral apex more blunt
Binomial: Discogenia marginata (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Eleodes marginata)
Range: Coastal California (USA)
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Primary differentiating characteristics: Against scabricula - luster usally shiny, elytral apex more acute
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