Cantharis

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Cantharis
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Cantharis fusca mating
Kampinos Forest, Poland
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Subfamily: Cantharinae
Tribe: Cantharini
Genus: Cantharis
Linnaeus, 1758

Cantharis is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra.

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The poisonous Spanish fly is superficially similar and is associated with the scientific name Cantharis vesicatoria. It is also sometimes called "cantharis" in the vernacular, but it is actually unrelated to Cantharis and is not a member of the Cantharidae at all. It was classified there erroneously until Johan Christian Fabricius corrected its name in his Systema entomologiae in 1775. He reclassified the Spanish fly in the new genus Lytta as Lytta vesicatoria . It belongs to the family Meloidae. [1]

European species

Subgenus Cantharis

Cantharis decipiens Cantharis decipiens.jpg
Cantharis decipiens
Cantharis lateralis Cantharis lateralis (2007-06-12).jpg
Cantharis lateralis
Cantharis livida Cantharis livida var rufipes 01 05252009.jpg
Cantharis livida
Cantharis pellucida Soldier beetle (Cantharis pellucida).jpg
Cantharis pellucida
Cantharis rustica Soldier beetle (Cantharis rustica).jpg
Cantharis rustica

Subgenus Cyrtomoptila

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