Rhagonycha

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]

Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha nigriceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Subfamily: Cantharinae
Tribe: Cantharini
Genus: Rhagonycha
Eschscholtz, 1830
Synonyms

Ragonycha

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
  • Rhagonycha recta
  • Rhagonycha testacea
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References
  1. von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2(1): 63–66.
  2. BioLib.cz: genus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 (retrieved 27 June 2020)
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