Ancistronycha

Ancistronycha is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about eight described species in Ancistronycha, found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China).^[1][2]

Ancistronycha
Ancistronycha abdominalis, Blue Soldier Beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Cantharinae
Tribe:	Cantharini
Genus:	Ancistronycha Märkel, 1852

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Ancistronycha:

• Ancistronycha abdominalis (Fabricius, 1798) (Blue Soldier Beetle)
• Ancistronycha antaliensis Kazantsev, 2010
• Ancistronycha astur Heyden, 1880
• Ancistronycha erichsonii Bach, 1854
• Ancistronycha lucens Moscardini, 1967
• Ancistronycha occipitalis (Rosenhauer, 1847)
• Ancistronycha taygetana Pic, 1902
• Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857