• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

• Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

• Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)

• Click, Firefly, and Soldier Beetles (Superfamily Elateroidea)

• Soldier Beetles (Family Cantharidae)

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Family Cantharidae comprises the soldier beetles, a widespread and diverse family of soft-bodied beetles in the order Coleoptera containing more than 5,000 described species worldwide. Soldier beetles are typically slender, elongated insects with soft wing covers and bodies coloured in shades of yellow, orange, red, brown, or black, often with contrasting markings. Adults are commonly found on flowers, foliage, and vegetation, where they feed on nectar, pollen, and small insects.