Cantharis is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie soldaatjes (Cantharidae).
Soorten Cantharis boroveci Svihla, 1999 Cantharis brancuccii (Svihla, 1992) Cantharis bulgarica (Svihla, 1983) Cantharis cedricola (Wittmer, 1971) Cantharis cretica (Wittmer, 1971) Cantharis cryptica Ashe, 1947 Cantharis cyprogenia (Svihla, 1983) Cantharis dahlgreni (Wittmer, 1984) Cantharis decipiens Baudi, 1872 Cantharis dedicata (Svihla, 2005) Cantharis emiliae (Svihla, 1992) Cantharis figurata Mannerheim, 1843 Cantharis flavilabris Fallén, 1807 Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758 – Donker soldaatje Cantharis gemina (Dahlgren, 1974) Cantharis heleocharis (Sato, Okushima & Ishida, 2002) Cantharis inthanonensis (Wittmer, 1997) Cantharis iranica (Wittmer, 1975) Cantharis jindrai (Svihla, 2004) Cantharis kafkai (Svihla, 1999) Cantharis kambaitiensis (Wittmer, 1989) Cantharis knizeki (Svihla, 2004) Cantharis lateralis Linnaeus, 1758 Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758 – Geel soldaatje Cantharis lucens (Moscardini, 1967) Cantharis malaisei (Wittmer, 1989) Cantharis melaspoides (Wittmer, 1971) Cantharis metallipennis (Wittmer, 1997) Cantharis minutemaculata (Wittmer, 1997) Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774) Cantharis nigricans O.F. Müller, 1766 – Gestreepte weekkever Cantharis obscura Linnaeus, 1758 Cantharis pagana Rosenhauer, 1847 Cantharis pakistana (Wittmer, 1997) Cantharis pallida Goeze, 1777 Cantharis pallidithorax Wittmer, 1984 Cantharis paludosa Fallén, 1807 Cantharis pamphylica (Wittmer, 1971) Cantharis paradoxa Hicker, 1960 Cantharis pellucida Fabricius, 1792 Cantharis podistroides (Svihla, 1992) Cantharis pulicaria Fabricius, 1781 Cantharis rifensis (Kocher, 1961) Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758 Cantharis rustica Fallén, 1807 – Zwart soldaatje Cantharis satoi (Wittmer, 1997) Cantharis schoeni (Svihla, 1992) Cantharis seinghukuensis (Wittmer, 1989) Cantharis shergaoensis (Wittmer, 1989) Cantharis sucinonigra (Kuska, 1992) Cantharis thibetanomima (Wittmer, 1997) Cantharis tripunctata Wittmer, 1984 Cantharis voriseki (Svihla, 1992) Cantharis ziganadagensis (Wittmer, 1971) Cantharis zolotikhini (Kazantsev, 1994)
Zie ook Lijst van soldaatjes in Nederland