Cantharinae

Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae.^[1][2]

Taxonomic note

• Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815).^[2]

Cantharinae Temporal range: Albian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cantharis fusca (type genus and species)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Cantharinae Imhoff, 1856

Tribes and genera

Two tribes are accepted:

Cantharini

Rhaxonycha carolina

• 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, 1856^[3]

Podabrus tricostatus

Stenothemus cou (possibly a synonym of Falsopodabrus)^[4]

• 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