Podabrus pruinosus

Podabrus pruinosus, the downy leather-winged beetle, is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

Podabrus pruinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Podabrus
Species:
P. pruinosus
Binomial name
Podabrus pruinosus
LeConte, 1851

Description and behavior

Adults have a body length of 9-15 mm. They are orange with wing covers that are black-brown and covered in fine hair. They are common in spring and summer, when they feed on aphids. If disturbed, they will fall to the ground.[4]

Larvae are 15-20 mm long, pink, with two dark lines on the thorax. They live in soil.[4]

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Podabrus pruinosus:

  • Podabrus pruinosus atrocervicus Fender, 1962
  • Podabrus pruinosus comes
  • Podabrus pruinosus diversipes Fall, 1927
  • Podabrus pruinosus gradatus
  • Podabrus pruinosus pruinosus

References

  1. "Podabrus pruinosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Podabrus pruinosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 227. ISBN 9780520288744.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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