Cantharis pellucida

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Cantharis pellucida
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Cantharis pellucida

Systematics
Family : Soft beetle (Cantharidae)
Subfamily : Cantharinae
Tribe : Cantharini
Genre : Cantharis
Subgenus : Cantharis
Type : Cantharis pellucida
Scientific name
Cantharis pellucida
Fabricius , 1792

Cantharis (Cantharis) pellucida is a beetle from the family of the soft beetles (Cantharidae).

features

The beetles are 9 to 13.5 millimeters long. The back of the head and the elytra are gray-black in color. The pronotum is red-yellow. The front head and legs are also colored red-yellow, the splints (tibia) and tarsi of the front legs are also mostly red-yellow. The middle rails and middle tarsi, as well as the rear rails and rear tarsi, are mostly dark in color. The rear thighs (femora) are rarely colored dark. The antennae are colored red-yellow at the base, otherwise black.

distribution

Cantharis pellucida is widespread in Europe. The species is common in Central Europe.

Way of life

The beetles can be found on the edges of forests and in meadows. The beetles are often found on umbellifers and hawthorns . They fly from early May to July. Beetles and larvae predatory feed on small insects and larvae, as well as dead insects. The beetles also consume plant nectar.

Taxonomy

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

  • Cantharis baudii Fiori , 1914
  • Cantharis cantiata Stephens , 1830
  • Cantharis croissandeaui Pic , 1927
  • Cantharis dietzi Roelofs , 1946
  • Cantharis mirabilis Dalla Torre , 1880
  • Cantharis obscuripes Everts , 1921
  • Cantharis rauterbergi Reitter , 1893

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hurka, K .: Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics, Kabourek, Zlin 2005, ISBN 80-86447-11-1 . Page 128.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Beetles of Europe - Cantharis . www.coleo-net.de. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Klaus Koch: Die Käfer Mitteleuropas - Ökologie - Volume 2, Goecke & Evers Verlag, Krefeld, 1989, ISBN 3-87263-040-7 , p. 31
  4. ↑ a b c Cantharis pellucida . www.naturspaziergang.de. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Cantharis pellucida . www.naturespot.org.uk. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Species Cantharis pellucida Fabricius, 1792 . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved July 29, 2017.

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