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Species Rhagonycha scitula

Narrow, cantharid-like beetle - Rhagonycha scitula Beetle ? - Rhagonycha scitula Beetle - Rhagonycha scitula Rhagonycha  imbecillis (LeConte) - Rhagonycha scitula Rhagonycha imbecillis (LeConte) - Rhagonycha scitula Rhagonycha sp.? - Rhagonycha scitula Soldier Beetle IMG_0332 - Rhagonycha scitula Soldier Beetle IMG_0332 - Rhagonycha scitula
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 Rhagonycha
Species scitula (Rhagonycha scitula)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhagonycha scitula (Say)
Orig. Comb: Cantharis scitulus Say 1825
Range
e NA (TX-FL-NS-IL) - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)
Season
Apr-Aug (BG data)
See Also
Rhagonycha oriflava (LeConte)
- Range: e. US
Det. G. Pelletier, 2013
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States
Pelletier G., Hébert C. 2014. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 25.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)