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Soldier Beetle - Podabrus rugosulus
Copyright © 2004 tom murray

Soldier Beetle - Podabrus rugosulus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 26, 2004
This looks a lot like the Podabrus rugosulus in this guide. Anyone agree?
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Contributed by tom murray on 7 April, 2005 - 4:49pm
Last updated 18 May, 2009 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Podabrus.
… v belov, 18 May, 2009 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

Podabrus species
With its yellow-margined pronotum and two yellow spots on the face, this image looks more like Stephen Cresswell's photo on this page than the other photo by Patrick Coin on the same page, tentatively titled P. rugosulus. Patrick's photo shows a reddish-orange margin on the pronotum and a black face - maybe a different species?
There's 110 species of Podabrus in North America, 49 in Canada, and probably 20-30 or more in any one place in the eastern US. This PDF doc says the genus is poorly known taxonomically and in need of revision, so it's probably safest to leave this one at the genus level for now.
… Robin McLeod, 8 April, 2005 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

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