Cantharis nigricans (Müller, O.F., 1776)
(a soldier beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCantharis nigricans (a soldier beetle)
GenusCantharis (a genus of soldier beetles)
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)
Records of Cantharis nigricans (a soldier beetle) :
1: Cantharis nigricans (a soldier beetle)
15 May 2005 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal - in situImage 2: Dorsal - in situ (2)
2: Cantharis nigricans (a soldier beetle)
31 May 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal - in situ - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal - landscape - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal - landscape - enlarged (2)Image 4: Dorsal - portrait - enlargedImage 5: Dorsolateral - in situ - enlargedImage 6: Front three-quarters - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Lateral - in situ - enlargedImage 8: Lateral - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 9: Lateral - in situ - enlarged (3)Image 10: Rear three-quarters - in situ - enlargedImage 11: Thorax and antennae - enlargedImage 12: Thorax, head and antennae - enlargedImage 13: Ventral - landscape - enlargedImage 14: Ventral - portrait - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hodges, D. & Murray, D. WCG - website of the Watford Coleoptera Group thewcg.org.uk/

Cantharis nigricans (a soldier beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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