Cantharini is a tribe of soldier beetles in the family

Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a color pattern reminiscent of the red coats of early British soldiers, hence the ...

. There are more than 40 genera and over 500 described species in Cantharini. Rhagonycha P1590237a

Genera

These 46 genera belong to the tribe Cantharini: * '' Ancistronycha'' Märkel, 1852 * '' Armidia'' Mulsant, 1862 * ''

Atalantycha ''Atalantycha'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a colo ...

'' Kazantsev, 2005 * '' Bactrocantharis'' Barovskii, 1926 * '' Bactronycha'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Bisadia'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Boveycantharis'' Wittmer, 1969 * ''

Cantharis ''Cantharis'' is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra. The poisonous Spanish fly is superficially similar and is associated with the scientific name ''Cantharis vesicatoria''. It is also sometim ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Cantharomorphus'' Fiori, 1914 * '' Cephalomalthinus'' Pic, 1921 * '' Cordicantharis'' Svihla, 1999 * ''

Cratosilis ''Cratosilis'' is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. ''Cratosilis'' include species with a radical metamorphosis and distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages (endopterygota Endopterygota (from Ancient Greek '' ...

'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''

Cultellunguis ''Cultellunguis'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about nine described species in ''Cultellunguis''. Species These nine species belong to the genus ''Cultellunguis'': * ''Cultellunguis americanus'' (Pic, 1906 ...

'' McKey-Fender, 1950 * '' Cyrebion'' Fairmaire, 1891 * ''

Cyrtomoptera ''Cyrtomoptera'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least two described species in ''Cyrtomoptera''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Cyrtomoptera'': * '' Cyrtomoptera dentata'' McKey-Fender, 1 ...

'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Falsopodabrus'' Pic, 1927 * '' Habronychus'' Wittmer, 1982 * '' Islamocantharis'' Wittmer & Magis, 1978 * ''

Leiothorax ''Leiothorax'' is an extinct genus of shrimp in the order Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfis ...

'' Pinna, 1974 (decapod) * '' Lycocerus'' Gorham, 1889 * '' Malchinomorphus'' Pic, 1922 * ''

Metacantharis ''Metacantharis'' is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species ...

'' Bourgeois, 1886 * '' Micropodabrus'' Pic, 1920 * '' Mimopodabrus'' Wittmer, 1997 * '' Occathemus'' Svihla, 1999 * ''

Pacificanthia ''Pacificanthia'' is a genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae The soldier beetles (Cantharidae) are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided beetles. They are cosmopolitan in distribution. One of the first described species has a col ...

'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Pakabsidia'' Wittmer, 1972 * '' Paracantharis'' Wittmer, 1969 * '' Podabrinus'' Fairmaire, 1896 * ''

Podistra ''Podistra'' is a genus of beetles Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The ...

'' Motschulsky, 1839 * '' Prothemellus'' Svihla, 1992 * '' Prothemus'' Champion, 1926 * '' Pseudopodabrus'' Pic, 1906 * '' Rambesilis'' Pic, 1911 * ''

Rhagonycha ''Rhagonycha''von Eschscholtz JF (1830) Nova genera Coleopterorum Faunae Europaeae. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 2(1): 63–66. is a genus of soldier beetle belonging to the family Cantharidae. There are a ...

'' Eschscholtz, 1830 * '' Rhaxonycha'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Sidabia'' Svihla, 1994 * '' Silicantharis'' Svihla, 1992 * '' Sinometa'' Wittmer, 1969 * '' Sogdocantharis'' Kasantsev, 1993 * '' Stenothemus'' Bourgeois, 1907 * '' Taiwanocantharis'' Wittmer, 1984 * '' Taocantharis'' Švihla, 2011 * '' Themus'' Motschulsky, 1858 * '' Walteriella'' Kazantsev, 2001 * '' Yukikoa'' Sato, 1976

References

* Delkeskamp, Kurt (1977). "Cantharidae". ''Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 165, fasc. 1'', 485.

External links

* Cantharidae Beetle tribes {{Beetle-stub