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Cantharis
Cantharis is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Rustic Sailor Beetle
speciesCantharis rustica
Cantharis livida
speciesCantharis livida
Dark Sailor Beetle
speciesCantharis fusca
Grey Sailor Beetle
speciesCantharis nigricans
Cantharis obscura
complexCantharis obscura
Cantharis pellucida
speciesCantharis pellucida
Cantharis rufa
complexCantharis rufa
Cantharis flavilabris
speciesCantharis flavilabris
Cantharis decipiens
speciesCantharis decipiens
Cantharis pallida
complexCantharis pallida
Cantharis lateralis
speciesCantharis lateralis
Cantharis pulicaria
speciesCantharis pulicaria
Gloomy soldier beetle
speciesCantharis tristis
Cantharis annularis
speciesCantharis annularis
Cantharis reichei
speciesCantharis reichei
Cantharis nigra
speciesCantharis nigra
Cantharis coronata
speciesCantharis coronata
Cantharis tuberculata
speciesCantharis tuberculata
Cantharis palliata
speciesCantharis palliata
Cantharis soeulensis
speciesCantharis soeulensis
Cantharis terminata
speciesCantharis terminata
Cantharis pagana
complexCantharis pagana
Cantharis paludosa
speciesCantharis paludosa
Cantharis xanthoporpa
speciesCantharis xanthoporpa
Mountaineer Cantharid Beetle
speciesCantharis alticola
Cantharis quadripunctata
speciesCantharis quadripunctata
Cantharis paulinoi
speciesCantharis paulinoi
Cantharis oregona
speciesCantharis oregona
Cantharis marginiventris
speciesCantharis marginiventris
Cantharis melaspoides
speciesCantharis melaspoides
Cantharis plagiata
speciesCantharis plagiata
Cantharis praecox
speciesCantharis praecox
Cantharis antennalis
speciesCantharis antennalis
Cantharis brunneipennis
speciesCantharis brunneipennis
Cantharis aneba
speciesCantharis aneba
Cantharis instabilis
speciesCantharis instabilis
Cantharis lecontei
speciesCantharis lecontei
Cantharis curtata
speciesCantharis curtata
Cantharis daurica
speciesCantharis daurica
Cantharis cretica
speciesCantharis cretica
Cantharis fuscipennis
speciesCantharis fuscipennis
Cantharis inculta
speciesCantharis inculta
Cantharis cypria
speciesCantharis cypria
Cantharis nigricolor
speciesCantharis nigricolor
Cantharis knizeki
speciesCantharis knizeki
Cantharis grandicollis
speciesCantharis grandicollis
Cantharis paganettii
speciesCantharis paganettii
Cantharis biocellata
speciesCantharis biocellata
Cantharis montana
speciesCantharis montana
Cantharis brevicornis
speciesCantharis brevicornis
Cantharis pyrenaea
speciesCantharis pyrenaea
Cantharis fresnedai
speciesCantharis fresnedai
Cantharis brevicollis
speciesCantharis brevicollis
Cantharis maura
speciesCantharis maura
Cantharis bilunata
speciesCantharis bilunata
Cantharis seidlitzii
speciesCantharis seidlitzii
Cantharis maroccana
speciesCantharis maroccana
Cantharis basithorax
speciesCantharis basithorax
Cantharis brevipennis
speciesCantharis brevipennis
Cantharis boroveci
speciesCantharis boroveci
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Cantharis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61465.