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Soldier Beetle - Podabrus
Copyright © 2007 Marvin and Jo Smith

Soldier Beetle - Podabrus
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
May 7, 2007
Size: 12mm
Attracted to porch light. Having trouble distinguishing between Podabrus pruinosus and Genus Cantharis ... Marvin.
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Contributed by Marvin and Jo Smith on 10 June, 2007 - 4:34am
Last updated 26 May, 2009 - 2:50am

may turn out to be P. tomentosus
Moved from Podabrus.
… v belov, 26 May, 2009 - 2:50am login or register to post comments

genus Podabrus
please don´t think species can be ID´d - there are too many in the genus.
… Boris Büche, 11 June, 2007 - 12:58am login or register to post comments

 
Too Many???
Only a mere 110 or so species according to the guide. :-)

Podabrus is fine with me. Thanks, Boris.

I did find this post that quotes Peterson's as saying "the way to distinguish Podabrus from Cantharis is that in Cantharis the pronotum is rounded in front, and partially concealing the head, and in Podabrus the head sticks out beyond the straight front edge of the pronotum." Sound reasonable?
… Marvin and Jo Smith, 11 June, 2007 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

 
is reasonable, but this way only.
the characteristic "long neck" of Podabrus is well visible in your photo.
The adverse character state does not seperate Cantharis from most other genera of the family.
… Boris Büche, 11 June, 2007 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

 
I figured...
I figured it wasn't going to be quite as simple as it sounded. Oh, well... Thanks, again.
… Marvin and Jo Smith, 11 June, 2007 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

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