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Cantharis rufa
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Copyright © 2005
tom murray
Soldier Beetle -
Cantharis rufa
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 28, 2004
There were some close in appearance in this guide, but not an exact match. So for now Cantharidae is as far as I can go.
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 7 April, 2005 - 5:03pm
Last updated 2 August, 2011 - 11:24pm
Moved
Moved from
Cantharis curtisi
.
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Charley Eiseman
, 2 August, 2011 - 11:24pm
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Cantharis rufa Linnaeus
This is
Cantharis rufa
Linnaeus. The elytra of
C. rufa
varies from testaceous in colour to being somewhat suffused with a piceous shading (as in the above specimen) but it is never as uniformly dark as in
C. curtisii
. Similarly, the pronotum of
C. rufa
can be a clear testaceous colour, or have variably sized and variably defined darkish spots. The pronotum of
C. curtisii
is always clear testaceous, never with any spots.
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Christopher Majka
, 2 August, 2011 - 11:04pm
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Moved
Moved from
Cantharis
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…
tom murray
, 19 December, 2008 - 2:41pm
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Moved
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Charley Eiseman
, 15 October, 2008 - 1:04am
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Cantharis curtisi, i suspect
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v belov
, 15 October, 2008 - 12:06am
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