Cantharis rustica Fallen, 1807
(a soldier beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCantharis rustica (a soldier beetle)
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)
Records of Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle) :
1: Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle)
7 Jun 2005 OSGR: ST95 51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
visiting Cow Parsley
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - in situ - enlargedImage 3: Dorso-lateral view - in situ - enlargedImage 4: Lateral view - in situ - enlargedImage 5: Lateral view - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 6: Latero-dorsal view - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Ventral view - enlarged
2: Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle)
31 May 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal - in situ - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal - in situ - enlarged (3)Image 4: Dorsal - in situ - enlarged (4)Image 5: Dorsal - landscape - enlargedImage 6: Dorso-lateral - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Dorso-lateral - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 8: Thorax, head and antennae - dorsal - enlargedImage 9: Ventral - landscape - enlarged
3: Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle)
31 May 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on uncurling Bracken frond
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Lateral view - enlargedImage 5: Lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 6: Lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 7: Latero-dorsal view - enlarged

Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cantharis rustica (a soldier beetle)
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