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Cantharis (Cantharis)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cantharis (Cantharis) Linnaeus
2013Cantharis (Cantharis) Kazantsev p. 290
2017Cantharis (Cantharis) Fanti p. 2
2019Cantharis (Cantharis) Fanti and Damgaard p. 102
2019Cantharis (Cantharis) Fanti and Poschmann p. 364
2019Cantharis (Cantharis) Kupryjanowicz and Fanti p. 2
2020Cantharis (Cantharis) Fanti and Damgaard p. 126
2020Cantharis (Cantharis) Fanti and Pankowski p. 402
2023Cantharis (Cantharis) Fanti and Pankowski p. 294

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856
genusCantharis
subgenusCantharis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Cantharis (Cantharis) Linnaeus 1758
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†Cantharis (Cantharis) borki Fanti and Damgaard 2019
†Cantharis (Cantharis) bradburyi Fanti and Walker 2019 [solider beetle]
†Cantharis (Cantharis) brodiei von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Cantharis (Cantharis) caduca von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Cantharis (Cantharis) carbonaria von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Cantharis (Cantharis) crisantha Fanti and Pankowski 2020
†Cantharis (Cantharis) doernerorum Fanti and Poschmann 2019
†Cantharis (Cantharis) dougi Kupryjanowicz and Fanti 2019
†Cantharis (Cantharis) exauctarata von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Cantharis (Cantharis) kviumi Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Cantharis (Cantharis) lidiae Fanti and Walker 2019 [solider beetle]
†Cantharis (Cantharis) michaeli Fanti and Pankowski 2023
†Cantharis (Cantharis) raeorum Fanti and Pankowski 2020
†Cantharis (Cantharis) rottensis Fanti and Walker 2019 [solider beetle]
†Cantharis (Cantharis) sesermanae Manci et al. 2025
†Cantharis (Cantharis) zabolica Fanti and Poschmann 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Cantharis hanswerneri, Cantharis hoffeinsorum (123419)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Cantharis dougi (44615) Cantharis sucinonigra (120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Cantharis michaeli (231022)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cantharis borki, Cantharis kviumi (172936) Cantharis crisantha, Cantharis raeorum (124205)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Cantharis bradburyi, Cantharis lidiae, Cantharis rottensis (122010)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Cantharis doernerorum (211302) Cantharis zabolica (211301)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Telephorus carbonarius (138696)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Telephorus carbonarius, Telephorus caducus, Telephorus brodiei (123945) Telephorus exauctaratus (154946)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Telephorus attavinus (117250)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Telephorus fragilis (115305) Telephorus macilentus (117252)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Romania Cantharis sesermanae (221024)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Cantharis figurata, Cantharis rufa, Cantharis paludosa (163070)