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Checklist for Family Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (Cantharids)
and region North Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1151
23291
115322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1145
23270
115280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1016
22709
113796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
588
18355
100567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
150
5902
23455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
132
5211
20097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
29
535
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
13
306
929
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle
34
209
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Europe
34 Genera with 209 Species
#ABCDEHMPRST
Absidia van Tieghem, 183710SpeciesTaxom
Afronycha Wittmer, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17987SpeciesTaxom
Armidia Mulsant, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Atalantycha Kazantsev, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Autosilis1SpeciesTaxom
Belotus Gorham, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 179047SpeciesTaxom
Chauliognathus Hentz, 1874Soldier Beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Cratosilis Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 183711SpeciesTaxom
Discodon Gorham, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Electronycha Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Electrosilis Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Elektrokleinia Ellenberger ..., 20191SpeciesTaxom
Heteromastix Boheman, 19215SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerus Evans, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 185214SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 201036SpeciesTaxom
Metacantharis Bourgeois, 17923SpeciesTaxom
Mimoplatycis Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 183514SpeciesTaxom
Podistra Motschulsky, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Polemius LeConte, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 184725SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 17755SpeciesTaxom
Stenothemus Bourgeois, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Sucinocantharis Kuśka & Kan..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Sucinorhagonycha Kuska, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Telephorus Schaeffer, 18479SpeciesTaxom
Themus Schulz, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Tylocerus Dalman, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Europe
209 Species and 2 Subspecies
Absidia californica
Absidia coerulea
Absidia corymbifera
Absidia glauca
Absidia heterospora
Absidia parricida
Absidia pilosa Paykull, 1798
Absidia repens
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
Atalantycha bilineata Say, 1832Two-lined Leather-wing Beetle
Autosilis nitidula Fabricius, 1792
Belotus abdominalis LeConte, 1851
Cacomorphocerus cerambyx Schaufuss, 1892
Cacomorphocerus jantaricus A. Kuśka, 2010
Cantharis (Ancistronycha) abdominalis (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798
Cantharis (Cantharis) annularis Menetriez, 1836
Cantharis (Cantharis) bicolor (Creutzer, 1797)⇒ Cantharis figurata Mannerheim, 1843
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 macilenta Heer, 1865
Cantharis nigrans (Mäklin, 1875)⇒ Epicauta nigrans Mäklin, 1875
Cantharis oregona LeConte, 1866
Cantharis thoracica (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Cantharis nigra De Geer, 1774
Chauliognathus granulatus Lea, 1895
Chauliognathus lewisi Crotch, 1874
Cratosilis denticollis Schummel, 1844
Crudosilis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Dichelotarsus (Dichelotarsus) flavimanus Motschulsky, 1860
Dichelotarsus (Dichelotarsus) lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1810
Dichelotarsus cavicollis
Dichelotarsus deceptus W.J.Brown, 1940
Dichelotarsus extremus LeConte, 1881
Dichelotarsus heteronychus Fall, 1927
Dichelotarsus laevicollis Kirby, 1837
Dichelotarsus obscurevittatus Fall, 1927
Dichelotarsus piniphilus Eschscholtz, 1830
Dichelotarsus puberulus LeConte, 1850
Dichelotarsus puncticollis Kirby, 1837
Electronycha prussica S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Electrosilis minuta S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Elektrokleinia picta Ellenberger ..., 2019
Heteromastix geniculatus Lea, 1909
Heteromastix imitator Lea, 1909
Heteromastix mcdonaldi Lea, 1895
Heteromastix pallipes Lea, 1909
Heteromastix serraticornis Lea, 1921
Macrocerus sucinopenninus A. Kuśka, 2010
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus (Malthinus) moravicus Svihla, 1997
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus biguttulus (Paykull, 1800)⇒ Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus bilineatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthinus danieli A. Kuśka, 2010
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
Malthodes dimidiatocollis Rosenhauer, 1847
Malthodes fragilis LeConte, 1851
Malthodes fuliginosus LeConte, 1866
Malthodes parvulus LeConte, 1851
Malthodes sucini Kuśka & Kan..., 2010
Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
Metacantharis discoidea Ahrens, 1812
Metacantharis haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
Mimoplatycis notha S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Podabrus (Dichelotarsus) obscuripes J. Sahlberg, 1871
Podabrus (Podabrus) alpinus Paykull, 1798
Podabrus (Podabrus) annulatus Mannerheim, 1825
Podabrus appendiculatus Fall, 1928
Podabrus brunnicollis Fabricius, 1801
Podabrus diadema Fabricius, 1798
Podabrus flavimanus Motschulsky, 1860
Podabrus intrusus Green, 1947
Podabrus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1810
Podabrus modestus Say, 1823
Podabrus pruinosus LeConte, 1851
Podabrus rugosulus LeConte, 1850Wrinkled Soldier Beetle
Podabrus tomentosus Say, 1825
Podabrus tricostatus Say, 1835
Podistra (Absidia) pilosa Paykull, 1798
Podistra (Absidia) rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Podistra (Absidia) schoenherri Dejean, 1836
Podistra (Pseudoabsidia) prolixa Maerkel, 1852
Polemius laticornis Say, 1825
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) atra (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Rhagonycha elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) elongata Fallen, 1807
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) femoralis Brullé, 1832
Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) fugax Mannerheim, 1843
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) maculicollis Märkel, 1851
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) fraxini Say, 1823
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) fulva Scopoli, 1763
Rhagonycha mollis mollis
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) oriflava LeConte, 1874
Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) recta Melsheimer, 1846
Rhagonycha germari Heer, 1847
Rhagonycha kryshtofovichi Yablokov-Khn..., 1960
Rhagonycha sucinobaltica Poinar & Fanti, 2016
Rhagonycha tertiaria Heer, 1847
Silis (Silis) difficilis LeConte, 1850
Silis (Silis) lutea LeConte, 1853
Silis (Silis) percomis Say, 1835
Silis nitidula Fabricius, 1792
Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Sucinocantharis baltica A. Kuśka, 2010
Sucinorhagonycha samsockorum Fanti & Pank..., 2018
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 haueri Giebel, 1856
Telephorus macilentus O. Heer, 1865
Telephorus tertiarius O. Heer, 1847
Themus pristinus S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Tylocerus picipennis

Subnodes of Cantharidae with occurrences in North Europe
SubfamilyCantharinae
Imhoff, 1856
17
136
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChauliognathinae
LeConte, 1861
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDysmorphocerinae
Brancucci, 1980
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMalthininae
Kiesenwetter, 1852
3
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilinae
Mulsant, 1862
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)
Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)


Links, sources and further information
Cantharidae at artfakta.se
Cantharidae at dyntaxa.se
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Cantharidae at itis.gov