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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Cantharini » Rhagonycha » Rhagonycha recta
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Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha recta
Copyright © 2005 Tony DiTerlizzi

Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha recta
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 9, 2004
Shot in my backyard. Again, I am basing my ID on similar pictures in the guide.
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 26 February, 2005 - 9:47pm
Last updated 13 March, 2018 - 8:51pm

Moved
Moved from Rhagonycha.
… v belov, 3 August, 2011 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

Rhagonycha recta (Melsheimer)
This looks like Rhagonycha recta (Melsheimer) in every respect. Green (1940) notes that R. recta is one of the most abundant, widely distributed, and variable species in this genus.
… Christopher Majka, 3 August, 2011 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Podabrus.
… tom murray, 15 January, 2009 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

most likely, Rhagonycha
but no Podabrus in any case
… v belov, 4 January, 2009 - 5:24am login or register to post comments

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