Podabrus

Podabrus
Podabrus basillaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Cantharinae
Tribe:	Podabrini
Genus:	Podabrus Westwood, 1838
Synonyms
BrachynotusKirby, 1837 nec De Haan, 1833

Podabrus is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 110 described species in Podabrus, recorded from Europe, North America and Asia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Podabrus tricostatus

Many Podabrus appear to mimic fireflies, such as the winter firefly.

See also

• List of Podabrus species

References

1. "Podabrus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "Podabrus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Podabrus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Podabrus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). "The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 25. doi: 10.3752/cjai.2014.25 .
• Ramsdale, Alistair S. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, M.C.; Skelley, P.E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 64. Cantharidae. American Beetles volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 202–218. ISBN   0-8493-0954-9.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Podabrus at Wikimedia Commons