''Cratosilis'' is a genus of

soldier beetle 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, he ...

belonging to the family

Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (Bri ...

.Biolib
/ref> ''Cratosilis'' include species with a radical metamorphosis and distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages (

Holometabola Holometabola (from Ancient Greek "complete" + "change"), also known as Endopterygota (from "inner" + "wing" + Neo-Latin "-having"), is a supra-order (biology), ordinal clade of insects within the infraclass Neoptera that go through distincti ...

) during development. Larvae are radically different from the adults in their structure and behaviour.

List of species

* '' Cratosilis denticollis'' (Schummel 1844) * '' Cratosilis distinguenda'' (Baudi 1859) * '' Cratosilis laeta'' (Fabricius 1792) * ''

Cratosilis sicula ''Cratosilis'' is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. ''Cratosilis'' include species with a radical metamorphosis and distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages (Holometabola Holometabola (from Ancient Greek "comp ...

'' (Marseul 1864) * '' Cratosilis theresae'' Pic 1901

References

Beetles of Europe Cantharidae {{Cantharidae-stub