Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758
A Soldier Beetle
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cantharidae
Genus: Cantharis
Species: Cantharis livida
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Introduced
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
ASSOCIATED SPECIES
NOTES
A European species that is adventive in our area (Arnett et al., 2002).
REFERENCES
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley, and J.H. Frank (eds.). 2002. Volume 2. American Beetles. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press: New York.