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Parent Taxon

• Cantharidae

Sibling Taxa

• Allocotoma
• Asiosilis
• Autosilis
• Brachysilidius
• Cordylocera
• Cordylocerellus
• Delkeskampia
• Discodon
• Ditemnomorphus
• Ditemnus
• Eusilis
• Fissilanoncodes
• Grandesilis
• Guineapolemius
• Hoosilis
• Incisosilis
• Indopolemius
• Laemoglyptus
• Lycopolemius
• Macrosilis
• Malthaster
• Mimopolemius
• Neogressittia
• Onychotelusia
• Pachymesia
• Pachymesiosilis
• Paradiscodon
• Parasilis
• Peltariosilis
• Photinomorpha
• Podosilis
• Polemiosilis
• Polemius
• Pseudodiscodon
• Pseudopachymesia
• Pseudosilis
• Pygodiscodon
• Silidiscodon
• Silidius
• Silis
• Silisonycha
• Silvanotelus
• Socotrasilis
• Sphaerarthrum
• Trachelychnus
• Tylocerus

Child Taxa

• Polemius albolateralis
• Polemius arizonensis
• Polemius atricolor
• Polemius binotatus
• Polemius bivittatus
• Polemius canadensis
• Polemius denticornis
• Polemius difficilis
• Polemius laticornis
• Polemius limbatus
• Polemius nigrolimbatus
• Polemius nigromarginatus
• Polemius pauperculus
• Polemius repandus
• Polemius strenuus
• Polemius unisulcatus

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