Cantharinae

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
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Cantharinae; Imhoff, 1856

Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae.

Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815).

Tribes and genera

Two tribes are accepted:

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

Auth.: Gistel, 1856

Auth: Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2018, all known members originate from the Eocene aged Baltic amber

†Katyacantharis Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019, Agdzhakend amber, Azerbaijan, Cenomanian

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.

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
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Cantharinae Imhoff, 1856