Biology:Rhagonycha
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Short description: Genus of beetles
Rhagonycha | |
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Rhagonycha nigriceps | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Cantharidae |
Subfamily: | Cantharinae |
Tribe: | Cantharini |
Genus: | Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 |
Synonyms | |
Ragonycha |
File:Rhagonycha limbata - Marburg 2011.ogv
Rhagonycha[1] is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are at least 140 described species recorded from Europe, North America and Japan, and thought to date from the Upper Eocene to recent periods.[2]
Subgenera and notable species
BioLib[2] lists two subgenera:
- subgenus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830
- Rhagonycha fulva (Scopoli, 1763) - the common red soldier beetle is the type species (as Cantharis fulva Scopoli, 1763, misidentified as C. melanura L., 1758)
- Rhagonycha testacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- List of other Rhagonycha species
- subgenus Ussurycha Kazantsev, 1995 (monotypic)
- Rhagonycha kazantsevi Svihla, 1995
References
- ↑ von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2(1): 63–66.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BioLib.cz: genus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 (retrieved 27 June 2020)
Wikidata ☰ Q2712167 entry
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