Rhagonycha
Genus of beetles
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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 | |
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| Rhagonycha nigriceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharinae |
| Tribe: | Cantharini |
| Genus: | Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 |
| Synonyms | |
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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
