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| name = ''Cantharis'' |
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| taxon = Cantharis |
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| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |
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| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a |
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| classis = [[Insect]]a |
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| ordo = [[Coleoptera]] |
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| familia = [[Cantharidae]] |
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| genus = '''''Cantharis''''' |
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| genus_authority = [[Linnaeus]], 1758 |
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'''''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]].<ref>Selander, R. B. (1991). [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1415&context=insectamundi On the nomenclature and classification of Meloidae (Coleoptera)]. ''[[Insecta Mundi]]'' 5(2): 65-94.</ref> |
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The Cantharisis was used as a plot device in the first Roald Dahl short story about Uncle Oswald. |
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==European species== |
==European species== |
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=== Subgenus ''Cantharis'' === |
=== Subgenus ''Cantharis'' === |
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[[File:Cantharis decipiens.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis decipiens'']] |
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[[File:Cantharis lateralis (2007-06-12).jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis lateralis'']] |
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[[File:Cantharis livida var rufipes 01 05252009.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''[[Cantharis livida]]'']] |
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[[File:Soldier beetle (Cantharis pellucida).jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis pellucida'']] |
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[[File:Soldier beetle (Cantharis rustica).jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis rustica'']] |
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* ''[[Cantharis allosensis]]'' Pic, 1924 |
* ''[[Cantharis allosensis]]'' Pic, 1924 |
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* ''[[Cantharis annularis]]'' Menetriez, 1836 |
* ''[[Cantharis annularis]]'' Menetriez, 1836 |
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* ''[[Cantharis flavilabris]]'' Fallén, 1807 |
* ''[[Cantharis flavilabris]]'' Fallén, 1807 |
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* ''[[Cantharis franciana]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1866 |
* ''[[Cantharis franciana]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1866 |
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* ''[[Cantharis fusca]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 |
* ''[[Cantharis fusca]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] - '''type species''' |
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* ''[[Cantharis fuscipennis]]'' (Mulsant, 1862) |
* ''[[Cantharis fuscipennis]]'' (Mulsant, 1862) |
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* ''[[Cantharis hellenica]]'' Heyden, 1883 |
* ''[[Cantharis hellenica]]'' Heyden, 1883 |
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* ''[[Cantharis kervillei]]'' Pic, 1932 |
* ''[[Cantharis kervillei]]'' Pic, 1932 |
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* ''[[Cantharis liburnica]]'' Depoli, 1912 |
* ''[[Cantharis liburnica]]'' Depoli, 1912 |
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* ''[[Cantharis livida]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 |
* ''[[Cantharis livida]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |
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* ''[[Cantharis merula]]'' Moscardini, 1862 |
* ''[[Cantharis merula]]'' Moscardini, 1862 |
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* ''[[Cantharis monacha]]'' Moscardini, 1862 |
* ''[[Cantharis monacha]]'' Moscardini, 1862 |
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* ''[[Cantharis nigricans]]'' Müller, 1766 |
* ''[[Cantharis nigricans]]'' Müller, 1766 |
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* ''[[Cantharis nigricornis]]'' (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) |
* ''[[Cantharis nigricornis]]'' (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) |
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* ''[[Cantharis obscura]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 |
* ''[[Cantharis obscura]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |
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* ''[[Cantharis ochreata]]'' (Reiche, 1878) |
* ''[[Cantharis ochreata]]'' (Reiche, 1878) |
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* ''[[Cantharis paganettii]]'' (Flach, 1907) |
* ''[[Cantharis paganettii]]'' (Flach, 1907) |
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* ''[[Cantharis quadripunctata]]'' (Müller, 1776) |
* ''[[Cantharis quadripunctata]]'' (Müller, 1776) |
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* ''[[Cantharis reichei]]'' Mulsant, 1862 |
* ''[[Cantharis reichei]]'' Mulsant, 1862 |
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* ''[[Cantharis rufa]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 |
* ''[[Cantharis rufa]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |
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* ''[[Cantharis rustica]]'' Fallén, 1807 |
* ''[[Cantharis rustica]]'' Fallén, 1807 |
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* ''[[Cantharis schrammi]]'' Pic, 1907 |
* ''[[Cantharis schrammi]]'' Pic, 1907 |
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* ''[[Cantharis versicolor]]'' (Baudi, 1871) |
* ''[[Cantharis versicolor]]'' (Baudi, 1871) |
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* ''[[Cantharis xanthoporpa]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1860 |
* ''[[Cantharis xanthoporpa]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1860 |
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=== Subgenus ''Cyrtomoptila'' === |
=== Subgenus ''Cyrtomoptila'' === |
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* ''[[Cantharis gemina]]'' Dahlgren, 1974 |
* ''[[Cantharis gemina]]'' Dahlgren, 1974 |
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* ''[[Cantharis lateralis]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 |
* ''[[Cantharis lateralis]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |
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* ''[[Cantharis pagana]]'' Rosenhauer, 1847 |
* ''[[Cantharis pagana]]'' Rosenhauer, 1847 |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of Cantharis species]] |
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==References and notes== |
==References and notes== |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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*Wittmer W., Kasantsev S. (1997) On the classification of the genus ''Cantharis'' Linné (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). ''[[Entomologica Basiliensia]]'' 20: |
* Wittmer W., Kasantsev S. (1997) On the classification of the genus ''Cantharis'' Linné (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). ''[[Entomologica Basiliensia]]'' 20: 367–372. |
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Revision as of 21:54, 14 October 2023
Cantharis | |
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Cantharis fusca mating Kampinos Forest, Poland | |
Scientific classification | |
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.
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 allosensis Pic, 1924
- Cantharis annularis Menetriez, 1836
- Cantharis antennalis (Marseul, 1864)
- Cantharis ariasi (Mulsant, 1862)
- Cantharis assimilis Paykull, 1798
- Cantharis atrata (Marseul, 1864)
- Cantharis basithorax Pic, 1902
- Cantharis beckeri (Pic, 1902)
- Cantharis brevicornis (Kiesenwetter, 1852)
- Cantharis brullei (Marseul, 1864)
- Cantharis cedricola Wittmer, 1971
- Cantharis cornix (Abeille de Perrin, 1869)
- Cantharis coronata Gyllenhal, 1808
- Cantharis corvina Moscardini, 1962
- Cantharis cretica Wittmer, 1971
- Cantharis cryptica Ashe, 1947
- Cantharis cypria (Marseul, 1864)
- Cantharis darwiniana Sharp, 1867
- Cantharis decipiens Baudi, 1871
- Cantharis decolorans Brullé, 1832
- Cantharis delagrangei Delkeskamp, 1939
- Cantharis dissipata Gemminger, 1870
- Cantharis edentula Baudi, 1871
- Cantharis ephippigera (Brullé, 1832)
- Cantharis europea Pic 1921
- Cantharis falzonii Fiori 1914
- Cantharis figurata Mannerheim, 1843
- Cantharis flavilabris Fallén, 1807
- Cantharis franciana Kiesenwetter, 1866
- Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758 - type species
- Cantharis fuscipennis (Mulsant, 1862)
- Cantharis hellenica Heyden, 1883
- Cantharis ictaria Fiori, 1914
- Cantharis inculta Gene, 1839
- Cantharis instabilis Kiesenwetter, 1866
- Cantharis italica Fiori, 1914
- Cantharis kervillei Pic, 1932
- Cantharis liburnica Depoli, 1912
- Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758
- Cantharis merula Moscardini, 1862
- Cantharis monacha Moscardini, 1862
- Cantharis montana Stierlin, 1889
- Cantharis morio Fabricius, 1792
- Cantharis nevadensis Pic, 1908
- Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774)
- Cantharis nigricans Müller, 1766
- Cantharis nigricornis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
- Cantharis obscura Linnaeus, 1758
- Cantharis ochreata (Reiche, 1878)
- Cantharis paganettii (Flach, 1907)
- Cantharis palliata Gyllenhal, 1808
- Cantharis pallida Goeze, 1777
- Cantharis paludosa Fallén, 1807
- Cantharis paradoxa Hicker, 1960
- Cantharis paulinoi Kiesenwetter, 1870
- Cantharis pellucida Fabricius, 1792
- Cantharis peninsularis Fiori, 1914
- Cantharis praecox Gene, 1836
- Cantharis prusiensis (Marseul, 1864)
- Cantharis pulicaria Fabricius, 1781
- Cantharis pyrenaea Pic, 1906
- Cantharis quadripunctata (Müller, 1776)
- Cantharis reichei Mulsant, 1862
- Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758
- Cantharis rustica Fallén, 1807
- Cantharis schrammi Pic, 1907
- Cantharis seidlitzi Kiesenwetter, 1865
- Cantharis sicula Pic, 1906
- Cantharis smyrnensis (Marseul, 1864)
- Cantharis terminata Faldermann, 1835
- Cantharis torretasoi Wittmer, 1935
- Cantharis tristis Fabricius, 1797
- Cantharis versicolor (Baudi, 1871)
- Cantharis xanthoporpa Kiesenwetter, 1860
Subgenus Cyrtomoptila
- Cantharis gemina Dahlgren, 1974
- Cantharis lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
- Cantharis pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
See also
References and notes
- ^ Selander, R. B. (1991). On the nomenclature and classification of Meloidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi 5(2): 65-94.
Further reading
- Wittmer W., Kasantsev S. (1997) On the classification of the genus Cantharis Linné (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 20: 367–372.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cantharis.