Species Podabrus rugosulus

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

another pollen-caked cantharid - Podabrus rugosulus

Podabrus rugosulus? - Podabrus rugosulus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)

Subfamily Cantharinae

Genus Podabrus

Species rugosulus (Podabrus rugosulus)

Size

7-8 mm

Identification

Medium-sized dark beetle, found on vegetation, usually actively searching. Elytra all-dark. Front of head and sides of pronoutm orange, likely mimicry of fireflies (Lampyridae).

Range

Includes eastern North America

Habitat

Found on leaves, flowers, of shrubs.

Season

May-June (North Carolina)

Food

Adults apparently predatory (see guide photos).

Print References

Dillon, p. 258, plate XXVI (1)

Arnett and Jacques, p. 210, fig. 503a (2)

Brimley p. 155 (3)

Sikes, p. 158, lists for Rhode Island (4).

Internet References

North Carolina State University Entomology Collection--110 pinned, quite common.

Oklahoma Wild Things

Works Cited

1.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

2.	How to Know the Beetles By Ross H. Arnett, N. M. Downie, H. E. Jaques

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

4.	The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island, an Annotated Checklist By Derek Sikes

Contributed by Cotinis on 14 February, 2005 - 9:51pm
Last updated 8 June, 2006 - 6:29am

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