Rhagonycha

<i>Rhagonycha</i>

Rhagonycha

Genus of beetles

Rhagonycha[1] 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.[2]

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Rhagonycha limbata

Subgenera and notable species

BioLib[2] lists two subgenera:

  • subgenus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830
  • subgenus Ussurycha Kazantsev, 1995 (monotypic)
    • Rhagonycha kazantsevi Svihla, 1995
  • Rhagonycha recta
  • Rhagonycha testacea

References

  1. [1]
    von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2(1): 63–66.
  2. [2]
    BioLib.cz: genus Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 (retrieved 27 June 2020)
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