Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family

Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the Red coat (Bri ...

. 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

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are accepted:

Cantharini Cantharini is a tribe of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are more than 40 genera and over 500 described species in Cantharini. Genera These 46 genera belong to the tribe Cantharini: * ''Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * ''Armid ...

* '' Absidiella'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * '' Atalantycha'' Kazantsev, 2005 * '' Cantharis'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cultellunguis'' McKey-Fender, 1950 * '' Cyrtomoptera'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Hemipodistra'' Ganglbauer, 1922 * ''

Pacificanthia ''Pacificanthia'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the ...

'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Pseudoabsidia'' Wittmer, 1969 * '' Rhagonycha'' Eschscholtz, 1830 * ''

Rhaxonycha ''Rhaxonycha'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the fi ...

'' Motschulsky, 1860 * †'' Burmomiles'' Fanti et al. 2018

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, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Elektrokleinia'' Ellenberger & Fanti, 2019 Burmese amber Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Myamalycocerus'' Fanti and Ellenberger 2016 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian * †'' Molliberus'' Peris and Fanti 2018

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, 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 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 gene ...

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

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aged

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* †'' Cacomorphocerus'' Schaufuss 1891 * †'' Eridanula'' Fanti and Damgaard 2018 * †'' Noergaardia'' Fanti and Damgaard 2018 * †'' Sucinocantharis'' Kuśka and Kania 2010 * †'' Sucinorhagonycha'' Kuska 1996

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†'' 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.