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Silinae
Ditemnus bidentatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Cantharidae
Subfamily:	Silinae Mulsant, 1862

Silinae is a subfamily of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae. There are about 6 genera and more than 180 described species in Silinae.

Genera

These six genera belong to the subfamily Silinae:

• Discodon Gorham, 1881
• Ditemnus LeConte, 1861
• Plectonotum Gorham, 1891
• Polemius LeConte, 1851
• Silis Charpentier, 1825
• Tytthonyx LeConte, 1851

References

1. "Silinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. "Silinae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

Further reading

• Pelletier, G.; Hébert, C. (2014). "The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 25: 1–246. doi:10.3752/cjai.2014.25.
• Ramsdale, Alistair S. (2002). "Family 64: Cantharidae". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 202–218. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
• LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Silinae at Wikimedia Commons

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