CANTHARIDAE Imhoff, 1856 (1815)
(soldier beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Genus 6 subtaxa 43 images 5 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 4 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 2 images
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Genus 2 subtaxa 11 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Alexander, K. 1986 A Field Key to the Cantharinae
Eversham, B. 2006 Cantharidae - keys to the adults of the British species http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1979 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 6: Diversicornia Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 6, 366pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Hackston, M. 2009 Family Cantharidae, key to genus http://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/

CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)
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