''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 least 140 described species recorded from Europe, North America and Japan, and thought to date from the Upper 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'' (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.jpg, ''Rhagonycha recta'' Rhagonycha.testacea.-.lindsey.jpg, ''Rhagonycha testacea''

References

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