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词条 Cantharis livida
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  1. Description

  2. Distribution

  3. Habitat

  4. Subspecies

  5. References

{{Taxobox
| image = Cantharidae - Cantharis livida cf. rufipes.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Cantharis livida var. rufipes
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Coleoptera
| familia = Cantharidae
| genus = Cantharis
| species = C. livida
| binomial = Cantharis livida
| binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
| synonyms = *Cantharis hungarica Csiki, 1903
}}

Cantharis livida is a species of soldier beetle belonging to the genus Cantharis family Cantharidae.

Description

Cantharis livida reaches a length of {{convert|10|-|15|mm}}. The body of this species is flat and long, with a weak exoskeleton. The colour is quite variable, depending on the subspecies. Elytra are usually yellow or reddish-brown, but in the subspecies rufipes they are black or dark brown. The head, the thorax, the abdomen are bright red or orange. The long antennae are reddish, with darker tips. The legs are reddish, with brownish tarsi.

These soldier beetles can be found on flowers, trees and shrubs from May to July, hunting for small insects. Also the larvae are predators, feeding on snails and earthworms,

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and North Africa.

Habitat

Cantharis livida lives in bushes, edges of forests and meadows.

Subspecies

  • Cantharis livida var. adusta Reitter
  • Cantharis livida var. inscapularis Pic, 1909
  • Cantharis livida var. luteiceps Schilsky
  • Cantharis livida var. melaspis Chevrolat
  • Cantharis livida var. menetriesi Faldermann, 1838
  • Cantharis livida var. nigripes Schilsky, 1889
  • Cantharis livida var. rufipes Herbst, 1784
  • Cantharis livida var. scapularis Redtenbacher 1858
  • Cantharis livida var. sicula Bourgeois, 1893
  • Cantharis livida var. varendorffi Reitter, 1904

References

{{Wikispecies|Cantharis livida}}{{commons category}}
  • [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9595/ Biolib]
  • Fauna europaea
  • [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lin=s&p=has_linkout&id=346748 NCBI]
  • Nature Spot
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