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Checklist of Family Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (Cantharids)
for Central Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
720
10496
42221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
715
10483
42186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
655
10338
41867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
421
8491
36502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
118
2563
11338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
2298
9740
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
22
238
839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
10
161
532
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle
23
127
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Europe
23 Genera with 127 Species
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Absidia van Tieghem, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17987SpeciesTaxom
Armidia Mulsant, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 178335SpeciesTaxom
Chauliognathus Hentz, 1829Soldier Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cordicantharis Svihla, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Cratosilis Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Electronycha Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Electrosilis Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerus Evans, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 189912SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 201037SpeciesTaxom
Metacantharis Bourgeois, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Michalskantharis1SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Podistra Motschulsky, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 201619SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Sucinocantharis Kuśka & Kan..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Sucinorhagonycha Kuska, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Themus Schulz, 20131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Europe
127 Species and 7 Subspecies
Absidia rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798Blue Soldier Beetle
Ancistronycha cyanipennis Faldermann, 1835
Ancistronycha erichsonii Bach, 1854
Ancistronycha erichsonii erichsonii Bach, 1854
Ancistronycha occipitalis Rosenhauer, 1847
Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857
Ancistronycha violacea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Ancistronycha cyanipennis Faldermann, 1835
Armidia signata Ahrens, 1814
Cacomorphocerus cerambyx Schaufuss, 1892
Cacomorphocerus jantaricus A. Kuśka, 2010
Cantharis (Cantharis) annularis Menetriez, 1836
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) flavilabris (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Psalydolytta flavilabris Mäklin, 1875
Cantharis flavilabris flavilabris Fallen, 1807
Cantharis (Cantharis) fulvicollis (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Anogcodes fulvicollis Scopoli, 1763
Cantharis (Cantharis) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Psalydolytta fusca Olivier, 1795
Cantharis (Cantharis) kervillei Pic, 1932
Cantharis (Cantharis) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) liburnica Depoli, 1912
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) montana Stierlin, 1889
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis (Cantharis) pallida (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Rhagonycha lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Cantharis (Cantharis) paludosa Fallen, 1807
Cantharis (Cantharis) paradoxa (Hicker, 1960)⇒ Cantharis paludosa Fallen, 1807
Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis (Cantharis) prusiensis Marseul, 1864
Cantharis (Cantharis) pulicaria Fabricius, 1781
Cantharis (Cantharis) quadripunctata O.F. Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis rufa rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) sucinonigra Kuska, 1992
Cantharis (Cantharis) terminata Faldermann, 1835
Cantharis (Cantharis) tristis Fabricius, 1798
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) sucinokotejai A. Kuska, 1996
Cantharis brevicollis Paykull, 1798
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cordicantharis longicollis Kiesenwetter, 1859
Cratosilis denticollis Schummel, 1844
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Electronycha prussica S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Electrosilis minuta S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Macrocerus nigrinus Schaufuss, 1866
Macrocerus sucinopenninus A. Kuśka, 2010
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus (Malthinus) moravicus Svihla, 1997
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus danieli A. Kuśka, 2010
Malthinus facialis C. G. Thomson, 1864
Malthinus fasciatus (A. G. Olivier, 1790)⇒ Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus glabellus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthinus punctatus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthinus turcicus Pic, 1899
Malthodes (Malthodes) alpicola Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) brevicollis (Kiesenwetter, 1852)⇒ Malthodes pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) caudatus J. Weise, 1892
Malthodes (Malthodes) ceranowiczae Kuska & Kupr..., 2005
Malthodes (Malthodes) crassicornis Mäklin, 1846
Malthodes (Malthodes) debilis Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) dieneri Kaszab, 1955
Malthodes dimidiaticollis dimidiaticollis Rosenhauer, 1847
Malthodes (Malthodes) dispar Germar, 1824
Malthodes (Malthodes) europaeus Wittmer, 1970
Malthodes (Malthodes) fibulatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) flavoguttatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) fuscus Waltl, 1838
Malthodes (Malthodes) guttifer Allen, 1979
Malthodes (Malthodes) hexacanthus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) holdhausi Kaszab, 1955
Malthodes (Malthodes) kahleni Wiltmer, 1982
Malthodes (Malthodes) kotejai Kuska & Kupr..., 2005
Malthodes (Malthodes) lobatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) lucernensis Wittmer, 1981
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) minimus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) muraniensis Å vihla, 2004
Malthodes (Malthodes) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes mysticus mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) serafini Kuska & Kupr..., 2005
Malthodes (Malthodes) spathifer Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) spretus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) sveci Svihla, 1997
Malthodes (Malthodes) transeuropaeus Wittmer, 1970
Malthodes trifurcatus atramentarius Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes trifurcatus trifurcatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes gedanicus Fanti & Sontag, 2019
Malthodes michalskii Fanti, 2017
Malthodes sucini Kuśka & Kan..., 2010
Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
Metacantharis discoidea Ahrens, 1812
Michalskantharis bursztynica Fanti, 2017
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podistra (Absidia) prolixa Märkel, 1851
Podistra (Absidia) rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Podistra (Absidia) schoenherri Dejean, 1836
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) atra (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Rhagonycha elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fugax Mannerheim, 1843
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) gallica Pic, 1923
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) interposita Dahlgren, 1978
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) interpositus Dahlgren, 1978
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) limbata (C. G. Thomson, 1864)⇒ Rhagonycha nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) lutea O.F. Müller, 1764
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) maculicollis Märkel, 1851
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) morio Kiesenwetter, 1851
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriceps (Waltl, 1838)⇒ Rhagonycha mollis mollis
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigripes W. Redtenbacher, 1842
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) rorida Kiesenwetter, 1867
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) testacea Linnaeus, 1758
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) translucida Krynicky, 1832
Rhagonycha sucinobaltica Poinar & Fanti, 2016
Silis nitidula Fabricius, 1792
Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Sucinocantharis baltica A. Kuśka, 2010
Sucinorhagonycha kulickae Kuska, 1996
Themus pristinus S. V. Kazantsev, 2013

Subnodes of Cantharidae with occurrences in Central Europe
SubfamilyCantharinae
Imhoff, 1856
13
70
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyChauliognathinae
LeConte, 1861
1
0
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalthininae
Kiesenwetter, 1852
3
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySilinae
Mulsant, 1862
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)
Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)


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