''Podabrus'' is a genus of
soldier beetle
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, he ...
s in the family
Cantharidae
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (Bri ...
. There are at least 110 described species in ''Podabrus'', recorded from Europe, North America and Asia.
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Many ''Podabrus'' appear to ]mimic
In evolutionary biology, mimicry is an evolved resemblance between an organism and another object, often an organism of another species. Mimicry may evolve between different species, or between individuals of the same species. In the simples ...
fireflies, such as the winter firefly.
See also
* List of ''Podabrus'' species
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Cantharidae
Elateroidea genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood
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