Rhagonycha fulva

Rhagonycha fulva
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Cantharidae
Subfamily: Cantharinae
Tribe: Cantharini
Genus: Rhagonycha
Species:
R. fulva
Binomial name
Rhagonycha fulva
Synonyms
List
  • Telephorus bimaculatus DeGeer, 1774
  • Rhagonycha cailloli Chobaut, 1914
  • Rhagonycha curtithorax Pic, 1920
  • Cicindela maculata Fourcroy, 1785
  • Telephorus melanurus Olivier, 1790
  • Rhagonycha terminalis Redtenbacher, 1849

Rhagonycha fulva, the common red soldier beetle, also misleadingly known as the bloodsucker beetle, and popularly known in England as the hogweed bonking beetle is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae).