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=== thumb|right|Rhaxonycha carolina 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