Podabrus pruinosus
{{short description|Species of beetle}}
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| image = Soldier Beetle - Podabrus pruinosus, Packer Lake, California.jpg
| genus = Podabrus
| species = pruinosus
| authority = 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.
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.{{Cite book |last=Will |first=Kip |title=Field Guide to California Insects |last2=Gross |first2=Joyce |last3=Rubinoff |first3=Daniel |last4=Powell |first4=Jerry A. |publisher=University of California Press |year=2020 |isbn=9780520288744 |location=Oakland, California |pages=227}}
Larvae are 15-20 mm long, pink, with two dark lines on the thorax. They live in soil.
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
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{{Cite web| title=Podabrus pruinosus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=834408
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-25
}}
{{Cite web| title=Podabrus pruinosus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6067104
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-25
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{{Cite web| title=Podabrus pruinosus species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/9449
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-25
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea
| date = 2007
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-8788757675
}}
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External links
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- {{Commons category-inline|Podabrus pruinosus}}
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Category:Beetles described in 1851
Category:Taxa named by John Lawrence LeConte
Category:Beetles of North America
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