''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–66. is a genus of

soldier beetle 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 coats of early British soldiers, hence the ...

belonging to the family

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 Bri ...

. There are at least 140 described species recorded from Europe, North America and Japan, and thought to date from the Upper

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

to recent periods.BioLib.cz: genus ''Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 (retrieved 27 June 2020)
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Subgenera and notable species

''BioLib'' lists two subgenera: * subgenus ''Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 ** ''

Rhagonycha fulva ''Rhagonycha fulva'', the common red soldier beetle, also misleadingly known as the bloodsucker beetle, and popularly known in England as the hogweed bonking beetle is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae). Taxonomy ''Rhagonycha fulva'' was ...

'' (Scopoli, 1763) - the common red soldier beetle is the type species (as ''

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 sometime ...

fulva'' Scopoli, 1763, misidentified as ''C. melanura'' L., 1758) ** ''

Rhagonycha testacea ''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–66. is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are at ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ** List of other ''Rhagonycha'' species * subgenus ''Ussurycha'' Kazantsev, 1995 (monotypic) ** ''

Rhagonycha kazantsevi ''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–66. is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are at ...

'' Svihla, 1995 Rhagonycha recta.jpg, ''Rhagonycha recta'' Rhagonycha.testacea.-.lindsey.jpg, ''Rhagonycha testacea''

References

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