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 (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, 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