Canthon
| Canthon | |
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| Canthon histrio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Scarabaeinae |
| Tribe: | Deltochilini |
| Genus: | Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817[1] |
| Subgenera and species | |
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3 subgenera and about 300 species
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| Synonyms | |
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Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical [2] genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[3][4][5]
Selected species
- Canthon aberrans Harold, 1868
- Canthon acutiformis Balthasar, 1939
- Canthon acutoides Schmidt, 1922
- Canthon acutus Harold, 1868
- Canthon aequinoctialis Harold 1868
- Canthon angularis Harold, 1868
- Canthon angustatus Harold, 1867
- Canthon histrio Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
- Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789
- Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781
- Canthon zuninoi Rivera-Cervantes & Halffter, 1999
- Names brought to synonymy
- Canthon elegans (Laporte, 1840), a synonym for Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789
See also
References
- ^ Entomologische Bemerkungen bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische insekten. JC Hoffmannsegg - Zoologisches Magazin, 1817
- ^ "Canthon - gbif.org".
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report - Error". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ^ "Canthon - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
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External links
Data related to Canthon at Wikispecies
Media related to Canthon at Wikimedia Commons- "Canthon". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Canthon at insectoid.info
