Cantharidae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cantharidae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Cantharidae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

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 common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft 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 nectar and pollen as well as predating other small insects. The larvae are caterpillar like, dark colored, active and covered in fine hairs, earning them the name velvet worms. They feed on the ground and in foliage hunting eggs, small insects, snails and other small creatures.

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Cantharidae in languages:

Bokmål
bløtvinger
Bulgarian
Мекотелки
Chinese
花螢科 (菊虎科)
Chinese
菊虎科
Czech
páteříčkovití
Danish
Blødvinger
Dutch
Weekschildkevers
English
Soldier Beetles
English
Soldier Beetle
Finnish
Sylkikuoriaiset
German
Weichkäfer
Hebrew
קנתריתיים
Hungarian
Lágybogárfélék
Italian
Cantaridi
Japanese
ジョウカイボン科
Korean
병대벌레과
Lithuanian
Minkštavabaliai
Polish
Omomiłkowate
Portuguese
Cantarídeos
Russian
Мягкотелки
Swedish
flugbaggar
Thai
วงศ์ ด้วงทหาร
Ukrainian
М'якотілки
Ukrainian
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