Ancistronycha

Ancistronycha
Ancistronycha abdominalis, Blue Soldier Beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Cantharidae
Subfamily: Cantharinae
Tribe: Cantharini
Genus:
Märkel, 1852

Ancistronycha is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about eight described species in Ancistronycha, found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China).[1][2]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Ancistronycha:

  • Ancistronycha abdominalis (Fabricius, 1798) (Blue Soldier Beetle)
  • Ancistronycha antaliensis Kazantsev, 2010
  • Ancistronycha astur Heyden, 1880
  • Ancistronycha erichsonii Bach, 1854
  • Ancistronycha lucens Moscardini, 1967
  • Ancistronycha occipitalis (Rosenhauer, 1847)
  • Ancistronycha taygetana Pic, 1902
  • Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857

References

  1. ^ "Ancistronycha". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  2. ^ "Ancistronycha". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
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