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Cantharini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Cantharidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cantharini Imhoff
1992Cantharini Kuśka
2011Cantharini Bouchard et al. p. 330
2016Cantharini Fanti and Ellenberger p. 166
2016Cantharini Poinar and Fanti p. 2
2017Cantharini Fanti p. 2
2018Cacomorphocerini Fanti and Damgaard p. 2
2018Cantharini Fanti and Damgaard p. 11
2018Cantharini Fanti and Ellenberger p. 202
2018Cacomorphocerini Fanti and Kupryjanowicz p. 150
2018Cantharini Fanti and Pankowski p. 514
2018Cantharini Peris and Fanti p. 264
2019Cacomorphocerini Bukejs et al. p. 2
2019Cantharini Ellenberger and Fanti p. 595
2019Cantharini Fanti and Damgaard p. 102
2019Cantharini Fanti and Poschmann p. 364
2019Cantharini Kupryjanowicz and Fanti p. 2
2019Cacomorphocerini Poinar and Fanti p. 99
2020Cantharini Fanti and Damgaard p. 126
2020Cantharini Fanti and Pankowski p. 402
2020Cantharini Kazantsev p. 260
2020Cacomorphocerini Kazantsev p. 264
2020Cacomorphocerini Kazantsev and Perkovsky p. 396
2020Cacomorphocerini Parisi and Fanti p. 547
2021Cantharini Fanti p. 2
2022Cantharini Bramanti and Fanti p. 202
2022Cantharini Fanti and Müller p. 332
2022Cacomorphocerini Wentzel et al. p. 314
2023Cacomorphocerini Fanti p. 152
2023Cantharini Fanti and Pankowski p. 294
2023Cacomorphocerini Fanti and Vitali p. 234
2023Cacomorphocerini Pankowski and Fanti p. 301
2023Cantharini Pankowski and Fanti p. 303
2023Cantharini Qu et al. p. 4
2025Cantharini Fanti p. 2
2025Cantharini Kazantsev and Perkovsky p. 55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyCantharidaeImhoff 1856
subfamilyCantharinaeImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856
tribeCanthariniImhoff 1856

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.

Tr. Cantharini Imhoff 1856
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G. †Arturmiles Fanti 2021
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G. Atalantycha Kazantsev 2005
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†Atalantycha humata Wickham 1913
G. †Burmomiles Fanti et al. 2018
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†Burmomiles angustipennis Yang et al. 2024
†Burmomiles blixenae Fanti and Damgaard 2019
†Burmomiles brevicollis Yang et al. 2024
†Burmomiles dentatus Yang et al. 2024
†Burmomiles laticollis Yang et al. 2021
†Burmomiles parisii Fanti and Müller 2022
†Burmomiles recticollis Yang et al. 2024
†Burmomiles volpei Fanti and Müller 2022
†Burmomiles willerslevorum Fanti et al. 2018
G. Cantharis Linnaeus 1758
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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) zabolica Fanti and Poschmann 2019
Subg. Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) Motschulsky 1860
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†Cantharis (Cyrtomoptila) mikkelsenorum Fanti and Damgaard 2018
Invalid names: Cantharis (Absidiella) Wittmer 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Telephorus Schaeffer 1766 [synonym]
G. †Elektrokleinia Ellenberger and Fanti 2019
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†Elektrokleinia oblongoculus Yang et al. 2021
†Elektrokleinia panna Hsiao et al. 2021
†Elektrokleinia picta Ellenberger and Fanti 2019
†Elektrokleinia steffenseni Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Elektrokleinia thiloi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Elektrokleinia zahradniki Fanti and Müller 2022
Invalid names: Palaeocantharis Hsiao et al. 2021 [synonym]
G. †Groehnionycha Fanti 2025
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G. †Hukawngichthyurus Fanti and Ellenberger 2018
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†Hukawngichthyurus barsevskisi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Hukawngichthyurus ditaddeoi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini Fanti and Ellenberger 2018
†Hukawngichthyurus maha Hsiao et al. 2021
G. †Juratelacrima Fanti and Damgaard 2018
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†Juratelacrima ballingi Fanti and Damgaard 2018
G. Lycocerus Gorham 1889
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†Lycocerus albovacca Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2024
†Lycocerus christelae Kazantsev 2018
†Lycocerus crassepunctatus Kazantsev 2021
†Lycocerus dentantennatus Kazantsev 2018
†Lycocerus elzbietae Kazantsev 2020
†Lycocerus guttula Zhang 1989
†Lycocerus jesperibuchi Fanti and Damgaard 2019
†Lycocerus jonasi Kazantsev 2020
†Lycocerus xenium Fanti 2020
G. †Molliberus Peris and Fanti 2018
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†Molliberus albae Peris and Fanti 2018
G. †Palmnickeneoceras Fanti and Damgaard 2018
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†Palmnickeneoceras ejersboi Fanti and Damgaard 2018
G. Podistra Motschulsky 1839
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Subg. Podistra (Absidia) Mulsant 1862
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†Podistra (Absidia) kloevedali Fanti and Damgaard 2018
†Podistra (Absidia) mattheseni Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Podistra (Absidia) quies Fanti and Walker 2019 [soldier beetle]
Subg. Podistra (Podistra) Motschulsky 1839
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Subg. Podistra (Pseudoabsidia) Wittmer 1969
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†Podistra madelineae Pankowski and Fanti 2023
G. †Poinarelektronmiles Fanti and Damgaard 2020
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†Poinarelektronmiles cuaroni Bramanti and Fanti 2022
†Poinarelektronmiles ellenbergeri Fanti and Damgaard 2020
G. Rhagonycha Eschscholtz 1830
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Subg. Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) Eschscholtz 1830
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†Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) carolynae Fanti and Walker 2019 [soldier beetle]
†Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) kryshtofovichi Yablokov-Khnzorian 1960
†Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) maryae Fanti and Pankowski 2018
†Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) nielsenae Fanti and Damgaard 2018
†Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) sucinobaltica Poinar and Fanti 2016
†Rhagonycha (Rhagonycha) ultramundana Fanti and Walker 2019 [solider beetle]
†Rhagonycha acarigera Kazantsev 2020
G. †Sanaungulus Fanti et al. 2018
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†Sanaungulus christensenae Fanti and Damgaard 2019
†Sanaungulus curtipennis Fanti et al. 2018
†Sanaungulus dominikiweissbachi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus dunlopi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus electrum Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus emarginaticollis Yang et al. 2022
†Sanaungulus fabriciusi Fanti and Damgaard 2019
†Sanaungulus franziskaeweissbachae Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus ghitaenoerbyae Fanti et al. 2018
†Sanaungulus havai Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus imparitibius Yang et al. 2022
†Sanaungulus kachinensis Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus kirstenaeweissbachae Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus laticoxa Yang et al. 2022
†Sanaungulus leniae Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus lethi Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Sanaungulus morellii Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Sanaungulus multiramus Yang et al. 2022
†Sanaungulus myanmaricus Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus myitkyinaensis Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus nalae Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus nilsi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus perkovskyi Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus peteriruedeli Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus rosenzweigi Fanti and Damgaard 2020
†Sanaungulus ruficollis Yang et al. 2022
†Sanaungulus ruicheni Hsiao and Huang 2018
†Sanaungulus temporiscapsula Fanti and Müller 2022
†Sanaungulus troelsikloevedali Fanti and Damgaard 2019
†Sanaungulus ypogaeum Fanti and Müller 2022
G. †Sucinorhagonycha Kuśka 1996
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†Sucinorhagonycha groehni Kazantsev 2020
†Sucinorhagonycha maryae Pankowski and Fanti 2023
†Sucinorhagonycha pugachensis Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2025
†Sucinorhagonycha samsockorum Fanti and Pankowski 2018
G. Themus Motschulsky 1858
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Subg. Themus (Haplothemus) Wittmer 1973
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†Themus (Haplothemus) bennyianderseni Fanti and Damgaard 2018
Subg. Themus (Telephorops) Fairmaire 1886
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†Themus (Telephorops) polyaki Kirejtshuk 2019
Subg. Themus (Themus) Motschulsky 1858
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†Themus (Themus) trapezialis Zhang et al. 1994
Invalid names: Curticantharis Zhang 1989 [synonym]
G. †Vitalfranzius Fanti and Müller 2022
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†Vitalfranzius burmiticus Fanti and Müller 2022
†Vitalfranzius cretaceus Fanti and Müller 2022
Invalid names: Cacomorphocerini Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2018 [synonym]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 110.1 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Spain Molliberus albae (109438)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Burmomiles blixenae, Sanaungulus christensenae, Sanaungulus fabriciusi, Sanaungulus troelsikloevedali, Elektrokleinia steffenseni, Poinarelektronmiles ellenbergeri, Sanaungulus lethi, Sanaungulus morellii, Sanaungulus rosenzweigi (178122) Burmomiles laticollis, Burmomiles bilineatimaculatus, Sanaungulus multiramus, Sanaungulus imparitibius, Sanaungulus ruficollis, Burmomiles brevicollis, Burmomiles angustipennis, Burmomiles recticollis, Burmomiles dentatus (222554) Burmomiles oblongoculus, Sanaungulus emarginaticollis (178121) Burmomiles parisii, Sanaungulus electrum, Sanaungulus havai, Sanaungulus kirstenaeweissbachae, Sanaungulus leniae, Sanaungulus myanmaricus, Sanaungulus myitkyinaensis, Sanaungulus nalae, Sanaungulus peteriruedeli (228869) Burmomiles volpei, Elektrokleinia thiloi, Elektrokleinia zahradniki, Hukawngichthyurus barsevskisi, Hukawngichthyurus ditaddeoi, Sanaungulus dominikiweissbachi, Sanaungulus dunlopi, Sanaungulus franziskaeweissbachae, Sanaungulus kachinensis, Sanaungulus nilsi, Sanaungulus perkovskyi, Sanaungulus temporiscapsula, Sanaungulus ypogaeum, Vitalfranzius burmiticus, Vitalfranzius cretaceus (216411) Burmomiles willerslevorum, Sanaungulus ghitaenoerbyae (192152) Elektrokleinia picta (172900) Hukawngichthyurus maha (224861) Ornatomalthinus ruicheni (196206) Palaeocantharis panna, Sanaungulus laticoxa (165561) Poinarelektronmiles cuaroni (228604) Sanaungulus curtipennis, Hukawngichthyurus kyawkhaingwini (123053)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Telephorus humatus (122093)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Lithuania Malchinus kryshtofovichi (113470) Podistra guthriei (154362)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Cantharis michaeli (231022) Lycocerus albovacca (236501) Sucinorhagonycha pugachensis, Cacomorphocerus sp. (122997)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Cacomorphocerus cerambyx (123771) Cacomorphocerus eocenicus (180657) Cacomorphocerus obstinatus (202735) Cacomorphocerus sp., Cacomorphocerus bentifabrici, Cacomorphocerus madseni, Eridanula susannaebierae, Noergaardia dinae, Cantharis mikkelsenorum, Juratelacrima ballingi, Palmnickeneoceras ejersboi, Podistra kloevedali, Rhagonycha nielsenae, Themus bennyianderseni, Cantharis borki, Lycocerus jesperibuchi, Cantharis kviumi, Podistra mattheseni (172936) Cacomorphocerus thomasiwentzeli (228858) Cantharis crisantha, Cantharis raeorum, Arturmiles pankowskiarum (124205) Electronycha prussica (123764) Rhagonycha maryae, Sucinorhagonycha samsockorum, Cacomorphocerus coleae, Cacomorphocerus marki, Sucinorhagonycha maryae, Podistra madelineae (147652) Rhagonycha sucinobaltica, Cacomorphocerus endecacerus (125139) Sucinorhagonycha groehni, Sucinorhagonycha carsteni, Groehnionycha yantarnyca, Podistra carstengroehni (110735)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Poland Cacomorphocerus cerambyx (123438) Cacomorphocerus wiszniewskii, Cantharis dougi (44615) Lycocerus elzbietae, Lycocerus jonasi, Rhagonycha acarigera, Lycocerus crassepunctatus (110737) Sucinorhagonycha kulickae (123215) Sucinorhagonycha kulickae, Absidiella sucinokotejai, Cantharis sucinonigra (120813)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Themus polyaki (123960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Hoffeinsensia jantarica (153735) Hoffeinsensia jantarica, Sucinocantharis baltica, Electronycha prussica, Themus pristinus, Cantharis hanswerneri, Cantharis hoffeinsorum, Lycocerus christelae, Lycocerus dentantennatus (123419) Michalskantharis bursztynica, Lycocerus xenium, Podistra jirii, Cacomorphocerus incurvus (185560)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Telephorus hesperus (106384)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Cantharis bradburyi, Cantharis lidiae, Cantharis rottensis, Podistra quies, Rhagonycha carolynae, Rhagonycha ultramundana (122010)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dome) Telephorus sp. (155204)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Cantharis doernerorum (211302) Cantharis zabolica (211301)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany Telephorus carbonarius, Telephorus caducus, Telephorus brodiei (123945) Telephorus exauctaratus (154946)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Telephorus carbonarius (138696)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Curticantharis capacis, Cantharis guttula (128551) Curticantharis sp. (128552) Curticantharis thermophila (130412) Curticantharis trapezialis (138944)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Telephorus attavinus (117250)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Telephorus germari, Telephorus fragilis (115305) Telephorus macilentus (117252)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8France Rhagonycha micans (113996)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Cantharis figurata, Cantharis rufa, Cantharis paludosa (163070)