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#3498 · 🪲 beetles

Margined Leatherwing Beetle

Chauliognathus marginatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 outside Europe
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Martin R. Lucas · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Bill Keim · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  4. 4. © Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Theo Witsell · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © Mary Keim · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  7. 7. © Brenda Dobbs · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Vaibhav Dwivedi · CC BY-NC 4.0
Margined Leatherwing Beetle, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Martin R. Lucas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Chauliognathus marginatus , known generally as the margined leatherwing or margined soldier beetle , is a species of soldier beetle in the family Cantharidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 30,048iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 30,048 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Margined Leatherwing Beetle
scientific name
Chauliognathus marginatus
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Cantharidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
30,048
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Cantharidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 84040, Wikidata Q28817358, GBIF 6067157, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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