An updated checklist of the Cantharidae and Lycidae of Switzerland (Coleoptera, Elateroidea)

• DOI: 10.3897/alpento.5.67808
• Publication Date: 2021-09-01T11:06:57Z
• Authors: Yannick Chittaro; Andreas Sanchez; Michael Geiser
• Keywords: Identification

An updated checklist of the Swiss species belonging to families Cantharidae and Lycidae, is presented briefly discussed. This includes 106 based on over 26’000 occurrences obtained from identification specimens held in museum private collections, as well records taken literature. Cantharis liburnica Depoli, 1912, C. paradoxa Hicker, 1960, Malthinus rubricollis Baudi di Selve, 1859 Malthodes umbrosus Kiesenwetter, 1871 are recorded Switzerland for first time. Two previously ( montanus 1863, M. boicus 1863) excluded this list, those were misidentified material.