Cantharis

Cantharis rustica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Cantharidae
Subfamilia: Cantharinae
Tribus: Cantharini
Genus: Cantharis
Subgenera: C. (Cantharis) – C. (Cyrtomoptila)

• nomina dubia: C. chinensis – C. lampyris – C. lucida – C. pectinata – C. phosphorea – C. serrata – C. tropica
  

Name

Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758

• Type species: Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Oripa Motschulsky, 1859
• Silotrachelus Solsky, 1881
• Telephorus Schaeffer, 1766

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 400. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Švihla, V. 2005: New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from southeastern Asia with notes on other species II. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 45: 71–110. Abstract PDF

Links

• Cantharis Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• ZooBank: 81CA1DB9-7B26-44F8-B892-A234D7596355