Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte, 1853 is a animal in the Cantharidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte, 1853

Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte, 1853

Chauliognathus scutellaris, the Texas soldier beetle, is a cantharid soldier beetle found in North and Central America.

Family
Genus
Chauliognathus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Chauliognathus scutellaris LeConte, 1853

Chauliognathus scutellaris, commonly called the Texas soldier beetle, is a species of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. This species can be found in Central America and North America.

Photo: (c) Eric Carpenter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eric Carpenter · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Cantharidae Chauliognathus

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