Checklist for Family Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856 (Cantharids)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 754
15371
60267 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 750
15333
60124 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 715
15096
59373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 442
12146
51799 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 116
4223
17152 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 99
3729
14706 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 16
288
1015 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 6
136
373 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cantharidae
Imhoff, 1856
Cantharids, Leatherwings, Sailor beetles, Soldier beetle | 14
33 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Southern Africa
14 Genera with 33 Species | Afronycha Wittmer, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ancistronycha Märkel, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caccodes Sharp, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cantharis Linnaeus, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Compsonycha Wittmer, 1991 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dichelotarsus Motschulsky, 1850 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Malthinus Latreille, 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Malthodes Kiesenwetter, 1951 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pacificanthia Kazantsev, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podabrus Westwood, 1947 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prosthaptus Gorham, 1997 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhagonycha Eschscholtz, 1846 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | Silidius Gorham, 1883 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Silis Charpentier, 1966 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Southern Africa
33 Species | Afronycha bowesdorpense | | | Afronycha hessei | | | Afronycha picta Wiedemann, 1821 | | | Afronycha trimaculata | | | Ancistronycha tigurina Dietrich, 1857 | | | Caccodes brincki Wittmer, 1960 | | | Cantharis (Cantharis) nigra De Geer, 1774 | Cantharid beetle | | Cantharis bilineata (Say, 1823) | ⇒ Atalantycha bilineata Say, 1832 | | Cantharis fimbriata | | | Cantharis illucens | | | Compsonycha endroedyi Wittmer, 1997 | | | Compsonycha rufithorax Wittmer, 1991 | | | Dichelotarsus laevicollis Kirby, 1837 | | | Dichelotarsus puberulus LeConte, 1850 | | | Malthinus (Malthinus) magnioculatus Wittmer, 1997 | | | Malthodes (Malthodes) pumilus Brebisson, 1835 | | | Malthodes fragilis LeConte, 1851 | | | Malthodes fuliginosus LeConte, 1866 | | | Malthodes niger LeConte, 1851 | | | Malthodes similis Fender, 1951 | | | Pacificanthia rotundicollis Say, 1825 | Brown Leatherwing Beetle | | Podabrus diadema Fabricius, 1798 | | | Podabrus modestus Say, 1823 | | | Podabrus planulus Green, 1947 | | | Prosthaptus krugerensis Wittmer, 1997 | | | Prosthaptus mogolensis Wittmer, 1991 | | | Prosthaptus zululandicus Wittmer, 1997 | | | Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) hirticula Green, 1941 | | | Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) mollis Fall, 1936 | | | Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) nanula LeConte, 1881 | | | Rhagonycha (Spartiolepta) recta Melsheimer, 1846 | | | Silis (Silis) difficilis LeConte, 1850 | | | Silis (Silis) emarginata Green, 1966 | |
Subnodes of Cantharidae with occurrences in Southern Africa
 | | Cantharidae (Imhoff 1856) |
Links, sources and further information Cantharidae at artfakta.se
Cantharidae at dyntaxa.se
Cantharidae at gbif.org
Cantharidae at irmng.org
Cantharidae at itis.gov
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