Cantharis

Cantharis is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra.
The poisonous Spanish fly is superficially similar and is associated with the scientific name Cantharis vesicatoria. It is also sometimes called "cantharis" in the vernacular, but it is actually unrelated to Cantharis and is not a member of the Cantharidae at all. It was classified there erroneously until Johan Christian Fabricius corrected its name in his Systema entomologiae in 1775. He reclassified the Spanish fly in the new genus Lytta as Lytta vesicatoria. It belongs to the family Meloidae.
European species
Subgenus Cantharis
Cantharis allosensis Pic, 1924
Cantharis annularis Menetriez, 1836
Cantharis antennalis (Marseul, 1864)
Cantharis ariasi (Mulsant, 1862)
Cantharis assimilis Paykull, 1798
Cantharis atrata (Marseul, 1864)
Cantharis basithorax Pic, 1902
Cantharis beckeri (Pic, 1902)
Cantharis brevicornis (Kiesenwetter, 1852)
Cantharis brullei (Marseul, 1864)
Cantharis cedricola Wittmer, 1971
Cantharis cornix (Abeille de Perrin, 1869)
Cantharis coronata Gyllenhal, 1808
Cantharis corvina Moscardini, 1962
Cantharis cretica Wittmer, 1971
Cantharis cryptica Ashe, 1947
Cantharis cypria (Marseul, 1864)
Cantharis darwiniana Sharp, 1867
Cantharis decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis decolorans Brullé, 1832
Cantharis delagrangei Delkeskamp, 1939
Cantharis dissipata Gemminger, 1870
Cantharis edentula Baudi, 1871
Cantharis ephippigera (Brullé, 1832)
Cantharis europea Pic 1921
Cantharis falzonii Fiori 1914
Cantharis figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis flavilabris Fallén, 1807
Cantharis franciana Kiesenwetter, 1866
Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758 - type species
Cantharis fuscipennis (Mulsant, 1862)
Cantharis hellenica Heyden, 1883
Cantharis ictaria Fiori, 1914
Cantharis inculta Gene, 1839
Cantharis instabilis Kiesenwetter, 1866
Cantharis italica Fiori, 1914
Cantharis kervillei Pic, 1932
Cantharis liburnica Depoli, 1912
Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis merula Moscardini, 1862
Cantharis monacha Moscardini, 1862
Cantharis montana Stierlin, 1889
Cantharis morio Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis nevadensis Pic, 1908
Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774)
Cantharis nigricans Müller, 1766
Cantharis nigricornis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840)
Cantharis obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis ochreata (Reiche, 1878)
Cantharis paganettii (Flach, 1907)
Cantharis palliata Gyllenhal, 1808
Cantharis pallida Goeze, 1777
Cantharis paludosa Fallén, 1807
Cantharis paradoxa Hicker, 1960
Cantharis paulinoi Kiesenwetter, 1870
Cantharis pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis peninsularis Fiori, 1914
Cantharis praecox Gene, 1836
Cantharis prusiensis (Marseul, 1864)
Cantharis pulicaria Fabricius, 1781
Cantharis pyrenaea Pic, 1906
Cantharis quadripunctata (Müller, 1776)
Cantharis reichei Mulsant, 1862
Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis rustica Fallén, 1807
Cantharis schrammi Pic, 1907
Cantharis seidlitzi Kiesenwetter, 1865
Cantharis sicula Pic, 1906
Cantharis smyrnensis (Marseul, 1864)
Cantharis terminata Faldermann, 1835
Cantharis torretasoi Wittmer, 1935
Cantharis tristis Fabricius, 1797
Cantharis versicolor (Baudi, 1871)
Cantharis xanthoporpa Kiesenwetter, 1860
Subgenus Cyrtomoptila
Cantharis gemina Dahlgren, 1974
Cantharis lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis pagana Rosenhauer, 1847
See also
List of Cantharis species
References and notes
Further reading
Wittmer W., Kasantsev S. (1997) On the classification of the genus Cantharis Linné (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 20: 367–372.
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