title: Ancistronycha
text: # Ancistronycha
  
  Ancistronycha is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about eight described species in Ancistronycha, found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China).
  
  ## Species
  
  These eight species belong to the genus Ancistronycha:
  
  * Ancistronycha abdominalis (Fabricius, 1798) (Blue Soldier Beetle)
  * Ancistronycha antaliensis Kazantsev, 2010
  * Ancistronycha astur Heyden, 1880
  * Ancistronycha erichsonii Bach, 1854
  * Ancistronycha lucens Moscardini, 1967
  * Ancistronycha occipitalis (Rosenhauer, 1847)
  * Ancistronycha taygetana Pic, 1902
  * Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857
  