''Macrocerus'' is a European 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 ...
s in the subfamily
Malthininae
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 ...
and sometimes placed in the monotypic tribe Malchinini.
Species
''BioLib''
BioLib.cz: genus ''Macrocerus'' Motschulsky, 1845 (retrieved 1 July 2020)
/ref> lists the following species:
* '' Macrocerus carinicollis'' (Weise, 1895)
* '' Macrocerus holomelas'' (Fairmaire, 1886)
* '' Macrocerus kadleci'' (Svihla, 2002)
* '' Macrocerus nigrinus'' (Schaufuss, 1866)
* '' Macrocerus oculatus'' (Motschulsky, 1845)
* '' Macrocerus sinuatocollis'' (Kiesenwetter, 1852)
* †'' Macrocerus sucinopenninus'' (Kuśka & Kania, 2010) (Rupelian
The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two age (geology), ages or the lower of two stage (stratigraphy), stages of the Oligocene epoch (geology), Epoch/series (stratigraphy), Series. It spans the time between . It is preceded b ...
age)
* '' Macrocerus tunicatus'' (Kiesenwetter, 1863)
References
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Cantharidae
Elateroidea genera
Beetles of Europe