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Genus Cantharis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Cantharinae
Tribe Cantharini
Genus Cantharis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
NB: Until fairly recently, the genus was treated in the New World in a very broad sense, to include all the nearctic Cantharini
Explanation of Names
Cantharis Linnaeus 1758
Greek κανθαρισ 'blister beetle'(1)
Numbers
22 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area (all but C. sierrae in the nominate subgenus)(2)
Range
holarctic, incl. much of NA (mostly northern)
Habitat
Typically found on low herbs and shrubs
Works Cited
1.Composition of scientific words
Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Cotinis on 3 April, 2004 - 4:22pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 May, 2014 - 7:03am

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