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Silis
Silis is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae, found mostly in Europe and the Americas. There are at least 80 described species in Silis.
46 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Silis ruficollis
speciesSilis ruficollis
Silis percomis
speciesSilis percomis
Silis laeta
speciesSilis laeta
Silis robusticollis
speciesSilis robusticollis
Hardy Soldier Beetle
speciesSilis difficilis
Silis pallida
speciesSilis pallida
Silis lutea
speciesSilis lutea
Silis spathulata
speciesSilis spathulata
Silis barticana
speciesSilis barticana
Silis albicincta
speciesSilis albicincta
Silis insperata
speciesSilis insperata
Silis spinigera
speciesSilis spinigera
Silis carmelita
speciesSilis carmelita
Silis dilacerata
speciesSilis dilacerata
Silis angelica
speciesSilis angelica
Silis abstrusa
speciesSilis abstrusa
Silis alexanderi
speciesSilis alexanderi
Silis angulata
speciesSilis angulata
Silis arida
speciesSilis arida
Silis atra
speciesSilis atra
Silis lecontei
speciesSilis lecontei
Silis parallela
speciesSilis parallela
Silis striatella
speciesSilis striatella
Silis crucialis
speciesSilis crucialis
Silis rugimana
speciesSilis rugimana
Silis brevinotata
speciesSilis brevinotata
Silis cobijana
speciesSilis cobijana
Silis columbiana
speciesSilis columbiana
Silis dietrichi
speciesSilis dietrichi
Silis fasciata
speciesSilis fasciata
Silis gounellei
speciesSilis gounellei
Silis gracilis
speciesSilis gracilis
Silis hickeri
speciesSilis hickeri
Silis humeralis
speciesSilis humeralis
Silis inaequalis
speciesSilis inaequalis
Silis inapicipennis
speciesSilis inapicipennis
Silis lamellata
speciesSilis lamellata
Silis lemoulti
speciesSilis lemoulti
Silis paranana
speciesSilis paranana
Silis pauli
speciesSilis pauli
Silis acuta
speciesSilis acuta
Silis acrense
speciesSilis acrense
Silis roseicollis
speciesSilis roseicollis
Silis amazonica
speciesSilis amazonica
Silis atricornis
speciesSilis atricornis
Silis arnetti
speciesSilis arnetti
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.589
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
Pierio Valeriano · 1556 · p.219
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.613
Garden of Health
1507 · p.499
The Dialogue of Creatures
Anonymous · 1509 · p.54
The Hieroglyphics
Horapollo · 1551 · p.198
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1568
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo
Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.377
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo
Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.375
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo
Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.374
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.378
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.378
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Silis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 212141.