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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae)

Family Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles
Superfamily Elateroidea - Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles
Family Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles

Subfamily Cantharinae
Genus Atalantycha
Species bilineata - Two-lined Leather-wing
Species dentigera - Atalantycha dentigera
Genus Cantharis
Species aneba - Cantharis aneba
Species curtisi - Cantharis curtisi
Species fidelis - Cantharis fidelis
Species lecontei - Cantharis lecontei
Species livida - Cantharis livida
Species nigriceps - Cantharis nigriceps
Species oregona - Cantharis oregona
Species rotundicollis - Cantharis rotundicollis
Species rufa - Cantharis rufa
No Taxon sp. 3 Maritime Canada -- temporary page
Genus Cultellunguis
No Taxon sp. 2 CA -- temporary page
Species perpallens - Cultellunguis perpallens
Subspecies sanctaeclarae - Cultellunguis perpallens sanctaeclarae
Species ingenuus - Cultellunguis ingenuus
Genus Pacificanthia
Species consors - Pacificanthia consors
Genus Podabrus
Species appendiculatus - Podabrus appendiculatus
Species brevicollis - Podabrus brevicollis
Species fayi - Podabrus fayi
Species flavicollis - Podabrus flavicollis
Species limbatus - Podabrus limbatus
Species piniphilus - Podabrus piniphilus
Species pruinosus - Podabrus pruinosus
Species punctatus - Podabrus punctatus
Species rugosulus - Podabrus rugosulus
Species tomentosus - Podabrus tomentosus
Species tricostatus - Podabrus tricostatus
No Taxon sp. 1 Montana
No Taxon sp. 2 California
No Taxon sp. 3 Pacific (black legs)
No Taxon sp. 4 Pacif.NW (black legs/semi-black head)
No Taxon sp. 5 AR cf. tomentosus
No Taxon sp. 6 OH-TN-GA (yellow scutellum)
No Taxon sp. 7 California (testac. elytra)
No Taxon sp. 8 California (all-red w/black elytra)
No Taxon sp. 9 Pacif.NW (red femora/semi-black head)
No Taxon sp. 10 WI (testac. elytra)
No Taxon sp. 11 e.US (black fem.tips/bicolored antennomers)
No Taxon sp. 12 e.US (black legs & ants/thinly margined)
No Taxon sp. 13 e.US cf. punctulatus (black head/short pronotum/bicolored femora)
Genus Rhagonycha
Species angulata - Rhagonycha angulata
Species excavata - Rhagonycha excavata
Species fulva - Common Red Soldier Beetle
Species imbecillis - Rhagonycha imbecillis
Species mollis - Rhagonycha mollis
Species nigriceps - Rhagonycha nigriceps
Species recta - Rhagonycha recta
Species triangulifera - Rhagonycha triangulifera
No Taxon cf. nigriceps with dark antennomere I
Genus Rhaxonycha
Species carolinus - Rhaxonycha carolinus
Species bilobata - Rhaxonycha bilobata
Subfamily Silinae
Genus Discodon
Species planicolle - Discodon planicolle
Genus Ditemnus
Species latilobus - Ditemnus latilobus
Species freemani - Ditemnus freemani
Species bidentatus - Ditemnus bidentatus
Genus Polemius
Species laticornis - Polemius laticornis
Genus Silis
Species carmelita - Silis carmelita
Species pallida - Silis pallida
Species percomis - Silis percomis
Genus Tytthonyx
Species bicolor - Tytthonyx bicolor
Species ruficollis - Tytthonyx ruficollis
Species erythrocephala - Tytthonyx erythrocephala
Subfamily Malthininae
Genus Caccodes
Genus Malthinus
Genus Malthodes
Species fuliginosus - Malthodes fuliginosus
Subfamily Chauliognathinae
Genus Belotus
Species bicolor - Belotus bicolor
Species abdominalis - Belotus abdominalis
Genus Chauliognathus
Species basalis - Colorado Soldier Beetle
Species deceptus - Chauliognathus deceptus
Species discus - Chauliognathus discus
Species fasciatus - Chauliognathus fasciatus
Species lecontei - Chauliognathus lecontei
Species lewisi - Chauliognathus lewisi
Species limbicollis - Chauliognathus limbicollis
Species marginatus - Margined Leatherwing
Species misellus - Chauliognathus misellus
Species obscurus - Chauliognathus obscurus
Species omissus - Chauliognathus omissus
Species opacus - Chauliognathus opacus
Species pensylvanicus - Goldenrod Soldier Beetle
Species profundus - Chauliognathus profundus
Species scutellaris - Chauliognathus scutellaris
No Taxon larvae
Genus Trypherus
Species latipennis - Trypherus latipennis
No Taxon Unidentified Soldier Beetle Larvae

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