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Temnoscheila acuta
Temnoscheila acuta is a bark-gnawing beetle in the family Trogossitidae. The species was described by LeConte in 1858. It closely resembles Eleodes suturalis, a darkling beetle with which it shares size, coloration, and a reddish-brown sutural stripe on the elytra. Both species occur sympatrically in the Great Plains region. T. acuta averages larger than E. suturalis, approximately 30 mm versus under 26 mm.