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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
875
10955
41973
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
870
10944
41952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
773
10646
41239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
450
8573
35567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
124
2792
11510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
108
2454
9924
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
20
267
954
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
8
163
497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle
15
135
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Germany
15 Genera with 135 Species
Absidia van Tieghem, 18373SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17987SpeciesTaxom
Armidia Mulsant, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 179046SpeciesTaxom
Cratosilis Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Elektrokleinia Ellenberger ..., 20191SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 185213SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 185232SpeciesTaxom
Metacantharis Bourgeois, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 18252SpeciesTaxom
Podistra Motschulsky, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 184718SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Telephorus Schaeffer, 18478SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
135 Species and 2 Subspecies
Absidia rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Absidia schoenherri Dejean, 1837
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
Cantharis (Ancistronycha) abdominalis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798
Cantharis (Cantharis) annularis Menetriez, 1836
Cantharis (Cantharis) cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) cryptica (Ashe, 1947)⇒ Cantharis cornix Abeille de P..., 1869
Cantharis (Cantharis) darwiniana (Sharp, 1867)⇒ Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis (Cantharis) figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis (Cantharis) flavilabris (Fallen, 1807)⇒ Psalydolytta flavilabris Mäklin, 1875
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) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) montana Stierlin, 1889
Cantharis (Cantharis) morio Baudi di Selve, 1873
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricornis (Laporte, 1840)⇒ Cantharis quadripunctata O.F. 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) pulicaria Fabricius, 1781
Cantharis (Cantharis) quadripunctata O.F. Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) rustica Fallen, 1807Soldier beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) sudetica (Letzner, 1847)⇒ Cantharis terminata Faldermann, 1835
Cantharis (Cantharis) terminata Faldermann, 1835
Cantharis (Cantharis) tristis Fabricius, 1798
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis agrestis (Fall, 1901)⇒ Lytta agrestis Fall, 1901
Cantharis annulatus Mannerheim, 1825
Cantharis brevicollis Paykull, 1798
Cantharis brodiei von Heyden &..., 1866
Cantharis caduca von Heyden &..., 1866
Cantharis carbonaria von Heyden &..., 1866
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cantharis exauctarata von Heyden &..., 1866
Cantharis fragilis Heer, 1847
Cantharis lecontei Fall, 1936
Cantharis macilenta Heer, 1865
Cantharis thoracica (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Cantharis nigra De Geer, 1774
Cratosilis denticollis Schummel, 1844
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Elektrokleinia picta Ellenberger ..., 2019
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus (Malthinus) moravicus Svihla, 1997
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus bilineatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthinus dryocoetes Rottenberg, 1871
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
Malthodes (Malthodes) alpicola Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) boicus Kiesenwetter, 1863
Malthodes (Malthodes) brevicollis (Kiesenwetter, 1852)⇒ Malthodes pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) caudatus J. Weise, 1892
Malthodes (Malthodes) crassicornis Mäklin, 1846
Malthodes (Malthodes) croceicollis Motschulsky, 1853
Malthodes (Malthodes) debilis Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) dilutus Motschulsky, 1853
Malthodes (Malthodes) 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) liegeli J. Weise, 1890
Malthodes (Malthodes) lobatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) marginatus Latreille, 1806
Malthodes (Malthodes) maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) minimus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthodes (Malthodes) misellus (Kiesenwetter, 1852)⇒ Malthodes maurus Laporte, 1840
Malthodes (Malthodes) montanus Kiesenwetter, 1863
Malthodes (Malthodes) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) spathifer Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) spretus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) subductus Kiesenwetter, 1863
Malthodes (Malthodes) transeuropaeus Wittmer, 1970
Malthodes (Malthodes) trifurcatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
Metacantharis discoidea Ahrens, 1812
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podabrus (Podabrus) annulatus Mannerheim, 1825
Podistra (Absidia) pilosa Paykull, 1798
Podistra (Absidia) rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Podistra (Absidia) schoenherri Dejean, 1836
Podistra (Pseudoabsidia) prolixa Maerkel, 1852
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) atra (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Rhagonycha elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fulva Scopoli, 1763Bloodsucker beetle
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fuscitibia Rey, 1891
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) gallica Pic, 1923
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) nigriceps (Waltl, 1838)⇒ Rhagonycha mollis mollis
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigripes W. Redtenbacher, 1842
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nigriventris Motschulsky, 1860
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) testacea Linnaeus, 1758
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) translucida Krynicky, 1832
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) fulva Scopoli, 1763
Rhagonycha mollis mollis
Rhagonycha germari Heer, 1847
Rhagonycha tertiaria Heer, 1847
Silis nitidula Fabricius, 1792
Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Telephorus brodiei von Heyden &..., 1866
Telephorus caducus von Heyden &..., 1866
Telephorus carbonarius von Heyden &..., 1866
Telephorus exauctaratus C. von Heyden, 1866
Telephorus fragilis Heer, 1847
Telephorus germari Heer, 1847
Telephorus macilentus O. Heer, 1865
Telephorus tertiarius O. Heer, 1847

Subnodes of Cantharidae with occurrences in Germany
SubfamilyCantharinae
Imhoff, 1856
10
88
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMalthininae
Kiesenwetter, 1852
2
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySilinae
Mulsant, 1862
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)
Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)


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