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title: "Roodkopvuurkever"
description: "Pyrochroa serraticornis — Insecten en spinnen. Pyrochroa serraticornis, the cardinal beetle, is a species of fire-colored beetle in the family Pyrochroidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-cardinal-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roodkopvuurkever

> Pyrochroa serraticornis — Insecten en spinnen. Pyrochroa serraticornis, the cardinal beetle, is a species of fire-colored beetle in the family Pyrochroidae.

- Scientific name: *Pyrochroa serraticornis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 17176
- Wikidata: [Q212321](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212321)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61517](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61517)

## Names

- en: Common Cardinal Beetle
- de: Rotköpfiger Feuerkäfer
- fr: Pyrochre rouge
- nl: Roodkopvuurkever

## Countries with the most observations

GB (6478), FR (2402), DE (2289), DK (1086), AT (1058), IT (732), NL (618), CH (409), BE (375), LU (233), CZ (202), HU (177)

## Summary

Pyrochroa serraticornis, the cardinal beetle, is a species of fire-colored beetle in the family Pyrochroidae. It is found in Europe. Population from Germany and Eastern Europe belong to the cryptic species Pyrochroa bifoveata Molfini, Mancini & Bologna 2022.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrochroa_serraticornis

## Photo

![Roodkopvuurkever](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-cardinal-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Rosie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358625539

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-cardinal-beetle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).