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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
805
15523
74568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
800
15509
74545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
756
15287
74011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
490
12882
67015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
126
3841
14086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
115
3441
12251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
23
322
873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
10
189
461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle
27
112
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scandinavia
27 Genera with 112 Species
#ABCDEMPRST
Absidia van Tieghem, 18373SpeciesTaxom
Ancistronycha Märkel, 17984SpeciesTaxom
Armidia Mulsant, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Atalantycha Kazantsev, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Belotus Gorham, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Cantharis Linnaeus, 179029SpeciesTaxom
Chauliognathus Hentz, 1874Soldier Beetle1SpeciesTaxom
Cratosilis Motschulsky, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Crudosilis Kazantsev, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 18505SpeciesTaxom
Discodon Gorham, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Electronycha Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Electrosilis Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Macrocerus Evans, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Malthinus Latreille, 185210SpeciesTaxom
Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 201020SpeciesTaxom
Metacantharis Bourgeois, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Mimoplatycis Kazantsev, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Podabrus Westwood, 18255SpeciesTaxom
Podistra Motschulsky, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Polemius LeConte, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 201614SpeciesTaxom
Silis Charpentier, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Stenothemus Bourgeois, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Sucinocantharis Kuśka & Kan..., 20101SpeciesTaxom
Themus Schulz, 20131SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scandinavia
112 Species
Absidia pilosa Paykull, 1798
Absidia rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Absidia schoenherri Dejean, 1837
Ancistronycha abdominalis Fabricius, 1798Blue Soldier Beetle
Ancistronycha cyanipennis Faldermann, 1835
Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857
Ancistronycha violacea (Paykull, 1798)⇒ Ancistronycha cyanipennis Faldermann, 1835
Armidia signata Ahrens, 1814
Atalantycha bilineata Say, 1832Two-lined Leather-wing Beetle
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) 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) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) livida Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774Cantharid beetle
Cantharis (Cantharis) nigricans Mueller, 1776
Cantharis (Cantharis) obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cantharis) pallida (Goeze, 1777)⇒ Rhagonycha lignosa O.F. Müller, 1764
Cantharis (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) tristis Fabricius, 1798
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
Cantharis brevicollis Paykull, 1798
Cantharis coccinea Schaller, 1783
Cantharis nigrans (Mäklin, 1875)⇒ Epicauta nigrans Mäklin, 1875
Cantharis thoracica (Olivier, 1790)⇒ Cantharis nigra De Geer, 1774
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 deceptus W.J.Brown, 1940
Dichelotarsus laevicollis Kirby, 1837
Dichelotarsus puberulus LeConte, 1850
Electronycha prussica S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Electrosilis minuta S. V. Kazantsev, 2013
Macrocerus sucinopenninus A. Kuśka, 2010
Malthinus (Malthinus) frontalis Marsham, 1802
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus biguttulus (Paykull, 1800)⇒ Malthinus biguttatus Linnaeus, 1758
Malthinus danieli A. Kuśka, 2010
Malthinus dryocoetes Rottenberg, 1871
Malthinus facialis C. G. Thomson, 1864
Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus punctatus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Malthinus flaveolus Herbst, 1784
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) brevicollis (Kiesenwetter, 1852)⇒ Malthodes pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) crassicornis Mäklin, 1846
Malthodes (Malthodes) debilis Kiesenwetter, 1852
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) 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) mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835
Malthodes (Malthodes) spathifer Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes sucini Kuśka & Kan..., 2010
Metacantharis clypeata Illiger, 1798
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 intrusus Green, 1947
Podabrus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1810
Podabrus tomentosus Say, 1825
Podistra (Absidia) pilosa Paykull, 1798
Podistra (Absidia) rufotestacea Letzner, 1845
Podistra (Absidia) schoenherri Dejean, 1836
Polemius laticornis Say, 1825
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) 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 sucinobaltica Poinar & Fanti, 2016
Silis nitidula Fabricius, 1792
Silis ruficollis Fabricius, 1775
Sucinocantharis baltica A. Kuśka, 2010
Themus pristinus S. V. Kazantsev, 2013

Subnodes of Cantharidae with occurrences in Scandinavia
SubfamilyCantharinae
Imhoff, 1856
14
70
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChauliognathinae
LeConte, 1861
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMalthininae
Kiesenwetter, 1852
3
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySilinae
Mulsant, 1862
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)
Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856)


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