CANTHARIDAE Imhoff, 1856 (1815)
(soldier beetles)

CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Cantharis
a genus of soldier beetles
Genus 4 subtaxa 5 references
Malthinus
a genus of soldier beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
Malthodes
a genus of soldier beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 references
Rhagonycha
a genus of soldier beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Alexander, K.N.A 2003 Provisional atlas of the Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea (Coleoptera) of Britain and Ireland. 86pp, Biological Records Centre

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Newsletters

Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea Recording Scheme 1986 Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea Recording Scheme Newsletter Published for/by:Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea Recording Scheme, Dipterists Forum

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 60 images of CANTHARIDAE (soldier beetles)
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