Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758
(a genus of soldier beetles)

Cantharis (a genus of soldier beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cantharis (a genus of soldier beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Cantharis cryptica
a soldier beetle
Species 1 references
Cantharis nigricans
a soldier beetle
Species 1 references
Cantharis pallida
a soldier beetle
Species 1 references
Cantharis pellucida
a soldier beetle
Species 1 references
[Cantharis cryptica/pallida]
a soldier beetle
Informal 2 subtaxa 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCantharis (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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cantharis (a genus of soldier beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Hackston, M. 2009 Genus Cantharis illustrated key to British species http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

Cantharis (a genus of soldier beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cantharis (a genus of soldier beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 43 images of Cantharis (a genus of soldier beetles)
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