Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae.

Taxonomic note Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815).

Tribes and genera Two tribes are accepted: Cantharini

Absidiella Wittmer, 1972 Ancistronycha Märkel, 1852 Atalantycha Kazantsev, 2005 Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758 Cultellunguis McKey-Fender, 1950 Cyrtomoptera Motschulsky, 1860 Hemipodistra Ganglbauer, 1922 Pacificanthia Kazantsev, 2001 Pseudoabsidia Wittmer, 1969 Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1830 Rhaxonycha Motschulsky, 1860 †Burmomiles Fanti et al. 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Elektrokleinia Ellenberger & Fanti, 2019 Burmese amber Myanmar, Cenomanian †Myamalycocerus Fanti and Ellenberger 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian †Molliberus Peris and Fanti 2018 Spanish amber, Albian †Ornatomalthinus Poinar and Fanti 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian (Subsequently suggested to belong to Silinae) †Sanaungulus Fanti et al. 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Podabrini Auth.: Gistel, 1856BioLib.cz: tribus Podabrini Gistel, 1856 (retrieved 3 July 2020)

Asiopodabrus Wittmer, 1982 Cephalomalthinus Pic, 1921 Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 1859 Falsopodabrus Pic, 1927 Fissopodabrus Pic, 1927 Hatchiana Fender, 1966 Kandyosilis Pic, 1929 Micropodabrus Pic, 1920 Podabrus Westwood, 1838 Stenopodabrus Nakane, 1992

†Cacomorphocerini Auth: Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2018, all known members originate from the Eocene aged Baltic amber †Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss 1891 †Eridanula Fanti and Damgaard 2018 †Noergaardia Fanti and Damgaard 2018 †Sucinocantharis Kuśka and Kania 2010 †Sucinorhagonycha Kuska 1996

Incertae sedis †Katyacantharis Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019, Agdzhakend amber, Azerbaijan, Cenomanian

References

Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972. Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds. (1995). "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)". Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2, 779–1006. Ramsdale, Alistair S. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 64. Cantharidae". American Beetles, volume 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 202–218.

Further reading

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Cantharinae Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.