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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Cantharini » Cantharis » Cantharis rufa

Species Cantharis rufa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Internet References · Works Cited
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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
Species rufa (Cantharis rufa)
Explanation of Names
Cantharis rufa Linnaeus 1758
Size
9-11 mm(1)
Range
adventive to ne. NA (MA-MN / PE-MB) - Map (1)(2), native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic(3)
Habitat
fields, alvars, semi-open areas, maple forests, sometimes young conifer forests(1)
Season
May-Jul, peak in mid-Jun(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States
Pelletier G., Hébert C. 2014. CJAI 25.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera
Lehr, P. A., ed. 1988. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House.
Contributed by Cotinis on 19 December, 2004 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 April, 2023 - 6:25pm

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