Cantharis lateralis

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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|image = Cantharis lateralis. Soldier Beetle - Flickr - gailhampshire (1).jpg

|image_caption = Cantharis lateralis England

|genus = Cantharis

|species = lateralis

|authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm

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Cantharis lateralis is a species of soldier beetle native to Europe.Fauna EuropaeaNorman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles