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]
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| Ancistronycha abdominalis, Blue Soldier Beetle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharinae |
| Tribe: | Cantharini |
| Genus: | Ancistronycha Märkel, 1852 |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ "Ancistronycha". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ "Ancistronycha". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
External links edit
Media related to Ancistronycha at Wikimedia Commons
