Rhagonycha Mandibularis
''Rhagonycha mandibularis'' is a species of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. It is found in North America. References * Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). "Cantharidae". ''Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1'', 485. Further reading * Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida . * Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press. * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. External links NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Rhagonycha mandibularis'' Cantharidae Beetles described in 1837 {{Elateroidea-stub ...
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Cantharidae
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (British army), red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytron, elytra. Historically, these beetles were placed in a superfamily "Cantharoidea", which has been subsumed by the superfamily Elateroidea; the name is still sometimes used as a rankless grouping, including the families Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omethidae (which includes Telegeusidae), Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae. Soldier beetles often feed on both nectar and pollen as well as predating other small insects. The larvae are often active, velvety, often brightly-colored, and they feed on the ground, hunting snails and other small creatures. Evolutionary history The oldest described member of the family is ''Molliber ...
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