Biology:Podabrus pruinosus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Genus: | Podabrus |
| Species: | P. pruinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Podabrus pruinosus LeConte, 1851
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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]
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
- ↑ "Podabrus pruinosus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=834408. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Podabrus pruinosus". https://www.gbif.org/species/6067104. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Podabrus pruinosus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/9449. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 227. ISBN 9780520288744.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q28607973 entry
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