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Mystery beetle - Podabrus rugosulus
Copyright © 2009 Dorothy E. Pugh

Mystery beetle - Podabrus rugosulus
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 18, 2009
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 28 May, 2009 - 9:09pm
Last updated 29 May, 2009 - 8:43am

Cantharid soldier beetle
My guess it is a Podabrus rugosulus, see ones listed is BugGuide.
… Gary Griswold, 28 May, 2009 - 10:27pm login or register to post comments

 
P. rugosulus indeed
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… v belov, 28 May, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I had a hard time seeing the head/thorax similarities with other Elateroid beetles. To add to the confusion, ITIS doesn't have an entry for Podabrus. There's a mysterious family called Podabrocephalidae that's been mired in controversy since 1930, and I wonder if that's relevant. It's not even in Elateroidea. See http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678303. The Tree of Life Web is similarly vague although it places Podabrocephalidae in Elateroidea; see http://tolweb.org/Elateroidea/9084.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 29 May, 2009 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

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