Cantharinae Explained

Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family 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 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^[3]

• 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

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

• 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cantharinae Subfamily Information. BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. 2018-01-25.
2. Web site: Cantharinae Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-25.
3. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id270559/ BioLib.cz: tribus Podabrini Gistel, 1856 (retrieved 3 July 2020)