List of Cantharidae genera

These 115 genera belong to the family Cantharidae, soldier beetles. There are at least 1,300 described species in Cantharidae.

Cantharidae genera

• Absidia <small>Mulsant, 1863</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Absidiella <small>Wittmer, 1972</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Afronycha <small>Wittmer, 1949</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Ancistronycha <small>Märkel, 1852</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Armidia <small>Mulsant, 1862</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Asilis <small>Broun, 1893</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Asiopodabrus <span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Asiosilis <small>Wittmer, 1977</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Atalantycha <small>Kazantsev, 2005</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Athemus <small>Lewis, 1895</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Bactrocantharis
• Belotus <small>Gorham, 1881</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Bisadia <small>Wittmer, 1972</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Boveycantharis <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Caccodes <small>Sharp, 1885</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Cacomorphocerus <small>Schaufuss, 1891</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Callosonotatum <small>Pic, 1945</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Cantharis <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i b}</span>
• Cantharomorphus <small>Fiori, 1914</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Chauliognathus <small>Hentz, 1830</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i c g b}</span>
• Compsonycha
• Cordicantharis <small>Svihla, 1999</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Cordylocera <small>Guérin-Ménéville, 1838</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Cordylocerellus <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Cratosilis <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Cultellunguis <small>McKey-Fender, 1950</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Curticantharis <small>Zhang, 1989</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Cyrtomoptera <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Daiphron <small>Gorham, 1881</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Dichelotarsus <small>Motschoulsky, 1859</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{g b}</span>
• Discodon <small>Gorham, 1881</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Ditemnus <small>LeConte, 1861</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{g b}</span>
• Electronycha <small>Kazantsev, 2013</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Electrosilis <small>Kazantsev, 2013</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Falsomalthinus <small>Pic, 1924</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Falsomalthodes <small>Pic, 1924</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Falsopodabrus <small>Pic, 1927</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Fissocantharis <span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Frostia <small>Fender, 1951</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Geigyella <small>Wittmer, 1972</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Guineapolemius <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Habronychus <small>(Monohabronychus)</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Hatchiana <small>Fender, 1966</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Hemipodistra <small>Ganglbauer, 1922</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Heteromastix <small>Boheman, 1858</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Hoffeinsensia <small>Kuska & Kania, 2010</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Ichthyurus <small>Westwood, 1848</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Islamocantharis <small>Wittmer & Magis, 1978</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Kandyosilis <small>Pic, 1929</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Laemoglyptus <small>Fairmaire, 1886</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Lobetus <small>Kiesenwetter, 1852</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Lycocerus <small>Gorham</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Macrocerus <small>Motschulsky, 1845</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Macromalthinus <small>Pic, 1919</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Macrosilis <small>Pic, 1911</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Malthesis <small>Motschulsky, 1853</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Malthinellus <small>Kiesenwetter, 1874</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Malthinus <small>Latreille, 1806</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Malthodes <small>Kiesenwetter, 1852</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Malthoichthyurus <small>Pic, 1919</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Malthomethes
• Maltypus <small>Motschulsky, 1859</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Markus <small>Fanti & Pankowski, 2018</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Maronius <small>Gorham, 1881</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Metacantharis <small>Bourgeois, 1886</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Microdaiphron <small>Pic, 1926</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Microichthyurus <small>Pic, 1919</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Micropodabrus <small>Pic, 1920</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Mimoplatycis <small>Kazantsev, 2013</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Mimopolemius <small>Pic, 1921</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Neogressittia <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Neoontelus <small>Wittmer, 1972</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Occathemus <small>Svihla, 1999</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Oontelus <small>Solier, 1849</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Pacificanthia <small>Kazantsev, 2001</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Pakabsidia <small>Wittmer, 1972</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Paracantharis <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Paradiscodon <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Paramaronius <small>Wittmer, 1963</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Peltariosilis <small>Wittmer, 1952</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Phytononus
• Plectonotum <small>Gorham, 1891</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Podabrinus
• Podabrus <small>Westwood, 1838</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Podistra <small>Motschulsky, 1839</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Podosilis <small>Wittmer, 1978</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Polemiosilis <small>Pic, 1921</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Polemius <small>LeConte, 1851</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Porostenus <small>Motschulsky, 1853</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Prosthaptus
• Prothemus <small>Champion, 1926</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Pseudoabsidia <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g}</span>
• Pseudopachymesia <small>Pic, 1911</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Pseudosilis <small>Pic, 1911</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Pygodiscodon <small>Wittmer, 1952</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Rambesilis <small>Pic, 1911</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Rhagonycha <small>Eschscholtz, 1830</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Rhaxonycha <small>Motschulsky, 1860</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Silidiscodon <small>Leng & Mutchler, 1922</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Silis <small>Charpentier, 1825</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Sinometa <small>Wittmer, 1969</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Sogdocantharis
• Sphaerarthrum <small>Waterhouse, 1884</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Stenothemus <small>Bourgeois, 1907</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Sucinocantharis <small>Kuska & Kania, 2010</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Sucinorhagonycha <small>Kuska, 1996</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Symphyomethes
• Taiwanocantharis <span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Telephorus
• Themus <small>(Themus)</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Troglomethes
• Trypherus <small>LeConte, 1851</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Tylocerus <small>Dalman, 1833</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>
• Tytthonyx <small>LeConte, 1851</small><span style="color:dimgray">^{i g b}</span>
• Walteriella <small>Kazantsev, 2001</small><span style="color:dimgray">^g</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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