Podabrus alexanderi is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America. __TOC__
Description Adults have a body length of . Elytra is black with a rugose-punctate texture and the coxae and femora are a pale orange. The front angles of the orange pronotum are slanted inward while the sides are parallel. In males, the tarsal claws are cleft.
History
P. alexanderi was first described in 1953 by Kenneth M. Fender using specimens collected by Dr. Charles Paul Alexander in his 1949 expedition in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. One specimen is currently in housing in the California Academy of Sciences collection.Grinter C, Diaz-Bastin R, Fong J (2023). CAS Entomology Type (TYPE). Version 1.196. California Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gak5hc accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-08-05. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2238770608
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