Cantharinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Cantharidae.

There are at least 200 described species in Cantharinae.

[1][2] Two tribes are accepted: Auth.

: Gistel, 1856[3] Auth: Fanti and Kupryjanowicz 2018, all known members originate from the Eocene aged Baltic amber †Katyacantharis Kazantsev and Perkovsky 2019, Agdzhakend amber, Azerbaijan, Cenomanian