Cantharis

They live in meadows and arable land likely due to favorable microclimatic conditions for their larva which prefer high relative humidity. They occurred in high abundance. == Behavior ==

Both the adults and larva of this genus are, at least, partially carnivorous playing a role in arthropod communities. They can also serve as natural pest control for agriculture due to their high abundance and general carnivory. ==Species==

Subgenus Cantharis '' '' '' '' '' • Cantharis allosensis Pic, 1924 • Cantharis annularis Menetriez, 1836 • Cantharis antennalis (Marseul, 1864) • Cantharis ariasi (Mulsant, 1862) • Cantharis assimilis Paykull, 1798 • Cantharis atrata (Marseul, 1864) • Cantharis basithorax Pic, 1902 • Cantharis beckeri (Pic, 1902) • Cantharis brevicornis (Kiesenwetter, 1852) • Cantharis brullei (Marseul, 1864) • Cantharis cedricola Wittmer, 1971 • Cantharis cornix (Abeille de Perrin, 1869) • Cantharis coronata Gyllenhal, 1808 • Cantharis corvina Moscardini, 1962 • Cantharis cretica Wittmer, 1971 • Cantharis cryptica Ashe, 1947 • Cantharis cypria (Marseul, 1864) • Cantharis darwiniana Sharp, 1867 • Cantharis decipiens Baudi, 1871 • Cantharis decolorans Brullé, 1832 • Cantharis delagrangei Delkeskamp, 1939 • Cantharis dissipata Gemminger, 1870 • Cantharis edentula Baudi, 1871 • Cantharis ephippigera (Brullé, 1832) • Cantharis europea Pic, 1921 • Cantharis falzonii Fiori 1914 • Cantharis figurata Mannerheim, 1843 • Cantharis flavilabris Fallén, 1807 • Cantharis franciana Kiesenwetter, 1866 • Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758 - type species • Cantharis fuscipennis (Mulsant, 1862) • Cantharis groehni • Cantharis hellenica Heyden, 1883 • Cantharis ictaria Fiori, 1914 • Cantharis inculta Gene, 1839 • Cantharis instabilis Kiesenwetter, 1866 • Cantharis italica Fiori, 1914 • Cantharis kervillei Pic, 1932 • Cantharis liburnica Depoli, 1912 • Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758 • Cantharis merula Moscardini, 1862 • Cantharis monacha Moscardini, 1862 • Cantharis montana Stierlin, 1889 • Cantharis morio Fabricius, 1792 • Cantharis navka Kazantsev & Perkovsky, 2026 • Cantharis nevadensis Pic, 1908 • Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774) • Cantharis nigricans Müller, 1766 • Cantharis nigricornis (Laporte de Castelnau, 1840) • Cantharis obscura Linnaeus, 1758 • Cantharis ochreata (Reiche, 1878) • Cantharis paganettii (Flach, 1907) • Cantharis palliata Gyllenhal, 1808 • Cantharis pallida Goeze, 1777 • Cantharis paludosa Fallén, 1807 • Cantharis paradoxa Hicker, 1960 • Cantharis paulinoi Kiesenwetter, 1870 • Cantharis pellucida Fabricius, 1792 • Cantharis peninsularis Fiori, 1914 • Cantharis praecox Gene, 1836 • Cantharis prusiensis (Marseul, 1864) • Cantharis pulicaria Fabricius, 1781 • Cantharis pyrenaea Pic, 1906 • Cantharis quadripunctata (Müller, 1776) • Cantharis reichei Mulsant, 1862 • Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758 • Cantharis rustica Fallén, 1807 • Cantharis schrammi Pic, 1907 • Cantharis seidlitzi Kiesenwetter, 1865 • Cantharis soeulensis Pic, 1922 • Cantharis sicula Pic, 1906 • Cantharis smyrnensis (Marseul, 1864) • Cantharis terminata Faldermann, 1835 • Cantharis torretasoi Wittmer, 1935 • Cantharis tristis Fabricius, 1797 • Cantharis versicolor (Baudi, 1871) • Cantharis xanthoporpa Kiesenwetter, 1860 Subgenus Cyrtomoptila • Cantharis carsteni • Cantharis gemina Dahlgren, 1974 • Cantharis lateralis Linnaeus, 1758 • Cantharis pagana Rosenhauer, 1847 ==See also==