''Metacantharis'' 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 ...

List of species

Species within this genus include:Fauna europaea
/ref> * '' Metacantharis araxicola'' (Reitter, 1891) * '' Metacantharis balcanograeca'' Wittmer, 1969 * '' Metacantharis clypeata'' (Illiger, 1798) * '' Metacantharis discoidea'' (Ahrens, 1812) * '' Metacantharis keiseri'' Wittmer, 1969 * '' Metacantharis peloponessica'' Wittmer, 1974 * '' Metacantharis picciolii'' (Ragusa, 1870) * '' Metacantharis rosinae'' (Pic, 1902) * '' Metacantharis taurigrada'' Bourgeois, 1900 * '' Metacantharis turcica'' (Marseul, 1864) * '' Metacantharis walteri'' Švihla, 1999

References

Beetles of Europe Cantharidae {{Cantharidae-stub