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Family
Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856 (1815)
- soldier beetles
(beetle)
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Entity:
Elateroidea (Superfamily)
..Artematopodidae (Family)
..†Berendtimiridae (Family)
..Brachypsectridae (Family)
..Cerophytidae (Family)
..Drilidae (Family)
..Elateridae (Family) - click beetles
..Eucnemidae (Family)
..Lampyridae (Family) - fireflies and lightning bugs
..†Lasiosynidae (Family)
..Lycidae (Family)
..Omalisidae (Family)
..Omethidae (Family)
..Phengodidae (Family) - glowworms
..Plastoceridae (Family)
..Podabrocephalidae (Family)
..Rhagophthalmidae (Family)
..Rhinorhipidae (Family)
..Telegeusidae (Family)
..Throscidae (Family)
..Cantharidae (Family) - soldier beetles
....Absidiella (Genus)
....Belotus (Genus)
....Caccodes (Genus)
....Cantharis (Genus)
....Chauliognathus (Genus)
....Cultellunguis (Genus)
....Cyrtomoptera (Genus)
....Discodon (Genus)
....Frostia (Genus)
....Hatchiana (Genus)
....Hemipodistra (Genus)
....Ichthyurus (Genus)
....Malthinus (Genus)
....Malthodes (Genus)
....Plectonotum (Genus)
....Podabrus (Genus)
....Podistra (Genus)
....Polemius (Genus)
....Pseudoabsidia (Genus)
....Rhagonycha (Genus)
....Rhaxonycha (Genus)
....Silis (Genus)
....Themus (Genus)
....Trypherus (Genus)
....Tytthonyx (Genus)
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Cantharoidea
(Superfamily)
Type
:
Cantharis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 43.
Variants
Different spelling
:
Cantheridae
(Family)
Homonyms
Junior homonym (unavailable)
:
Cantharinae
(Subfamily)
Higo & Goto, 1993, nom. nud.
Ref:
P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005
: 43.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Cantharidiae
(Family)
Latreille, 1802, nom. illeg.
Ref:
PBDB
: 27 Sep 2015.
Synonymous name
:
Telephoridae
(Family)
Leach, 1815
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Chauliognathidae
(Family)
Ref:
[Anonymous], 1995
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
zachtschildkevers
:
soldaatjes
:
weekschildkevers s.s.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
soldier beetles
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28 Aug 2026