# Cantharinae

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**Cantharinae** is a subfamily of beetles in the family [Cantharidae](/source/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]

## Tribes and genera

Two [tribes](/source/Tribe_(biology)) are accepted:

### [Cantharini](/source/Cantharini)

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

### [Podabrini](/source/Podabrini)

Auth.: Gistel, 1856[3]

- *[Asiopodabrus](/source/Asiopodabrus)* Wittmer, 1982
- *[Cephalomalthinus](/source/Cephalomalthinus)* Pic, 1921
- *[Dichelotarsus](/source/Dichelotarsus)* Motschulsky, 1859
- *[Falsopodabrus](/source/Falsopodabrus)* Pic, 1927
- *[Fissopodabrus](/source/Fissopodabrus)* Pic, 1927
- *[Hatchiana](/source/Hatchiana)* Fender, 1966
- *[Kandyosilis](/source/Kandyosilis)* Pic, 1929
- *[Micropodabrus](/source/Micropodabrus)* Pic, 1920
- *[Podabrus](/source/Podabrus)* Westwood, 1838
- *[Stenopodabrus](/source/Stenopodabrus)* Nakane, 1992

### †Cacomorphocerini

Auth: Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2018, all known members originate from the [Eocene](/source/Eocene) aged [Baltic amber](/source/Baltic_amber)

- †*[Cacomorphocerus](/source/Cacomorphocerus)* Schaufuss 1891
- †*[Eridanula](/source/Eridanula)* Fanti and Damgaard 2018
- †*[Noergaardia](/source/Noergaardia)* Fanti and Damgaard 2018
- †*[Sucinocantharis](/source/Sucinocantharis)* Kuśka and Kania 2010
- †*[Sucinorhagonycha](/source/Sucinorhagonycha)* Kuska 1996

### *[Incertae sedis](/source/Incertae_sedis)*

†*[Katyacantharis](/source/Katyacantharis)* Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019, Agdzhakend amber, Azerbaijan, Cenomanian

## References

1. ["Cantharinae Subfamily Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/312205). *BugGuide.net*. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

1. ["Cantharinae Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678587). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2018-01-25.

1. [BioLib.cz: tribus Podabrini Gistel, 1856 (retrieved 3 July 2020)](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id270559/)

- 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](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=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.

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