Cantharinae

Cantharinae
Temporal range:
Cantharis fusca (type genus and species)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
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.

Taxonomic note
  • Lawrence and Newton (1995) give the authorship of this subfamily as Imhoff, 1856 (1815).