Cantharinae


Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae.
;Taxonomic note:
  • Lawrence and Newton give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856.

    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
  • †Sanaungulus Fanti et al. 2018 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

    [Podabrini]

Auth.: Gistel, 1856
  • 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