| Cantharinae | |
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| Cantharis fusca (type genus and species) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cantharidae |
| Subfamily: | Cantharinae Imhoff, 1856 |
Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae. [1] [2]
Two tribes are accepted:
Auth.: Gistel, 1856 [3]
Auth: Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2018, all known members originate from the Eocene aged Baltic amber
† Katyacantharis Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019, Agdzhakend amber, Azerbaijan, Cenomanian
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