Rhagonycha fulva (Scopoli, 1763)
(Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
GenusRhagonycha (a genus of soldier beetles)
FamilyCANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle") :
1: Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
7 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU65 51° 20’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
in folded leaf of Lesser Knapweed
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: In situ - enlargedImage 3: Ventral view - enlargedImage 4: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - magnified
2: Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
9 Jul 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at flowers of Hogweed, 8pm
Image 1: Male: antennae, head, thorax - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male: dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Male: ventral view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle") may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, "Hogweed Bonking Beetle")
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