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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = ''Cantharis''
| image = Cantharis.fusca.jpg
| image = Soldier beetle (Cantharis fusca) mating P.jpg
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| image_caption = ''[[Cantharis fusca]]'' mating<br />[[Kampinos Forest]], [[Poland]]
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| image_caption = ''[[Cantharis fusca|C. fusca]]''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| taxon = Cantharis
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Coleoptera]]
| familia = [[Cantharidae]]
| genus = '''''Cantharis'''''
| 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]].


'''''Cantharis''''' is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family [[Cantharidae]] with narrow and soft [[elytra]]. The superficially similar poisonous [[spanish fly]], sometimes called ''Cantharis vesicatoria'' or just Cantharis vernacularly, is actually unrelated to ''Cantharis''. It is now named ''Lytta vesicatioria'' and belongs to another family, [[Meloidae]]. The misapplication of the name ''Cantharis'' to the spanish fly was corrected by [[Johan Christian Fabricius]] in his ''Systema entomologiae'' in 1775, where he reclassified the spanish fly into the new genus ''[[Lytta]]'', but continued throughout the 19th century.<ref>Richardg B. Selander (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>
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>

The Cantharisis was used as a plot device in the first Roald Dahl short story about Uncle Oswald.


==European species==
==European species==
=== Subgenus ''Cantharis'' ===
=== Subgenus ''Cantharis'' ===
[[File:Cantharis decipiens.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis decipiens'']]
[[File:Cantharis lateralis (2007-06-12).jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis lateralis'']]
[[File:Cantharis livida var rufipes 01 05252009.jpg|thumb|220px|right|''[[Cantharis livida]]'']]
[[File:Soldier beetle (Cantharis pellucida).jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis pellucida'']]
[[File:Soldier beetle (Cantharis rustica).jpg|thumb|220px|right|''Cantharis rustica'']]
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* ''[[Cantharis allosensis]]'' Pic, 1924
* ''[[Cantharis allosensis]]'' Pic, 1924
* ''[[Cantharis annularis]]'' Menetriez, 1836
* ''[[Cantharis annularis]]'' Menetriez, 1836
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* ''[[Cantharis flavilabris]]'' Fallén, 1807
* ''[[Cantharis flavilabris]]'' Fallén, 1807
* ''[[Cantharis franciana]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1866
* ''[[Cantharis franciana]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1866
* ''[[Cantharis fusca]]'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''[[Cantharis fusca]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] - '''type species'''
* ''[[Cantharis fuscipennis]]'' (Mulsant, 1862)
* ''[[Cantharis fuscipennis]]'' (Mulsant, 1862)
* ''[[Cantharis hellenica]]'' Heyden, 1883
* ''[[Cantharis hellenica]]'' Heyden, 1883
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* ''[[Cantharis kervillei]]'' Pic, 1932
* ''[[Cantharis kervillei]]'' Pic, 1932
* ''[[Cantharis liburnica]]'' Depoli, 1912
* ''[[Cantharis liburnica]]'' Depoli, 1912
* ''[[Cantharis livida]]'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''[[Cantharis livida]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
* ''[[Cantharis merula]]'' Moscardini, 1862
* ''[[Cantharis merula]]'' Moscardini, 1862
* ''[[Cantharis monacha]]'' Moscardini, 1862
* ''[[Cantharis monacha]]'' Moscardini, 1862
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* ''[[Cantharis nigricans]]'' Müller, 1766
* ''[[Cantharis nigricans]]'' Müller, 1766
* ''[[Cantharis nigricornis]]'' (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
* ''[[Cantharis nigricornis]]'' (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
* ''[[Cantharis obscura]]'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''[[Cantharis obscura]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
* ''[[Cantharis ochreata]]'' (Reiche, 1878)
* ''[[Cantharis ochreata]]'' (Reiche, 1878)
* ''[[Cantharis paganettii]]'' (Flach, 1907)
* ''[[Cantharis paganettii]]'' (Flach, 1907)
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* ''[[Cantharis quadripunctata]]'' (Müller, 1776)
* ''[[Cantharis quadripunctata]]'' (Müller, 1776)
* ''[[Cantharis reichei]]'' Mulsant, 1862
* ''[[Cantharis reichei]]'' Mulsant, 1862
* ''[[Cantharis rufa]]'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''[[Cantharis rufa]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
* ''[[Cantharis rustica]]'' Fallén, 1807
* ''[[Cantharis rustica]]'' Fallén, 1807
* ''[[Cantharis schrammi]]'' Pic, 1907
* ''[[Cantharis schrammi]]'' Pic, 1907
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* ''[[Cantharis versicolor]]'' (Baudi, 1871)
* ''[[Cantharis versicolor]]'' (Baudi, 1871)
* ''[[Cantharis xanthoporpa]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1860
* ''[[Cantharis xanthoporpa]]'' Kiesenwetter, 1860
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=== Subgenus ''Cyrtomoptila'' ===
=== Subgenus ''Cyrtomoptila'' ===
* ''[[Cantharis gemina]]'' Dahlgren, 1974
* ''[[Cantharis gemina]]'' Dahlgren, 1974
* ''[[Cantharis lateralis]]'' Linnaeus, 1758
* ''[[Cantharis lateralis]]'' [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
* ''[[Cantharis pagana]]'' Rosenhauer, 1847
* ''[[Cantharis pagana]]'' Rosenhauer, 1847


==See also==
* [[List of Cantharis species]]


==References and notes==
==References and notes==
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{{Reflist}}
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* [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9585/ Biolib]
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* [http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=103086 Fauna europaea]


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*Wittmer W., Kasantsev S. (1997) On the classification of the genus ''Cantharis'' Linné (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). ''[[Entomologica Basiliensia]]'' 20: 367-372.
* Wittmer W., Kasantsev S. (1997) On the classification of the genus ''Cantharis'' Linné (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). ''[[Entomologica Basiliensia]]'' 20: 367–372.

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==External links==
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{{Commons category|Cantharis}}
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* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9585/ Biolib]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140223125631/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=103086 Fauna europaea]

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Revision as of 21:54, 14 October 2023

Cantharis
Cantharis fusca mating
Kampinos Forest, Poland
Scientific classification Edit this 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 decipiens
Cantharis lateralis
Cantharis livida
Cantharis pellucida
Cantharis rustica

Subgenus Cyrtomoptila

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ 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.

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