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Cantharinae

Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae.Taxonomic noteLawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815).

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Cantharinae
Temporal range:
Cantharis fusca (type genus and species)
Scientific classification Edit this 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.12

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

Tribes and genera

Two tribes are accepted:

Rhaxonycha carolina source ↗
  • 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, 18563

Podabrus tricostatus source ↗
Stenothemus cou (possibly a synonym of Falsopodabrus)4 source ↗
  • 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

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

References

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.
Further reading

Further reading

  • NCBI Taxonomy Browser, 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.