Soldier beetle
id:
soldier-beetle-182-15385253
title:
Soldier beetle
text:
The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the common name. They are also known commonly as leatherwings because of their soft elytra. Historically, these beetles were placed in a superfamily "Cantharoidea", which has been subsumed by the superfamily Elateroidea; the name is still sometimes used as a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of beetles
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_beetle
date created:
2004-01-19T18:05:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:26:11Z
main entity:
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16