# Canthidium

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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Canthidium
| authority = [Erichson](/source/Wilhelm_Ferdinand_Erichson), 1847
| diversity_link = List of Canthidium species
| diversity = at least 170 species
}}

'''''Canthidium''''' is a genus of dung beetles in the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae). There are at least 170 described species in ''Canthidium''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/><ref>[http://nomen.at/Canthidium nomen.at, Canthidium]</ref>

==See also==
* [List of Canthidium species](/source/List_of_Canthidium_species)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Canthidium'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926411
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| access-date=2018-05-03
}}</ref>
<ref name=catlife>
{{Cite web| title=Browse ''Canthidium''
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/da4461a2ccb9e4813b76937864e5a041
| website=Catalogue of Life
| access-date=2018-05-03
}}</ref>
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Canthidium''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1092287
| website=GBIF
| access-date=2018-05-03
}}</ref>
<ref name=bugref>
{{Cite web| title=''Canthidium'' Genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/373035
| website=BugGuide.net
| access-date=2018-05-03
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| editor-last1 = Arnett | editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.
| editor-last2 = Thomas | editor-first2 = M. C.
| editor-last3 = Skelley | editor-first3 = P. E.
| editor-last4 = Frank | editor-first4 = J. H.
| date = 2002
| title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
| publisher = CRC Press
| isbn = 978-0849309540
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Blatchley | first1 = W.S.
| date = 1910
| title = An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18111#page/5/mode/1up
| publisher = Nature Pub.
}}
* {{Cite journal
| last1 = Bouchard | first1 = Patrice
| last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves
| last3 = Davies | first3 = Anthony E.
| last4 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first4 = Miguel A.
| last5 = Lawrence | first5 = John F.
| display-authors = 4
| date = 2011
| title = Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
| journal = ZooKeys
| publisher = Pensoft Publishers
| issue = 88
| pages = 1–972
| issn = 1313-2989
| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
| doi-access = free | pmid = 21594053 | pmc = 3088472
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Hardy | first1 = A.
| date = 1991
| title = A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae
| url = http://entomology.si.edu/coleoptera/ColeopteraCatalog/Scarabaeidae_Rutelinae&Dynastinae_529-34b.pdf
| series = USDA Agriculture Handbook
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = Harpootlian | first1 = Phillip J.
| date = 2001
| title = Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
| publisher = Clemson University Public Service
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = LeConte | first1 = J.L.
| date = 1861
| title = Classification of the Coleoptera of North America
| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732
| series = Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
| publisher = Smithsonian Institution
| volume = 3
| issue = 136
| isbn = 0665100558
| doi = 10.5962/bhl.title.38459
| doi-access = free
}}
* {{Cite journal
| last1 = Riley | first1 = Edward G.
| last2 = Wolfe | first2 = Charles S.
| date = 2003
| title = An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas
| url = http://texasento.net/Texas_Scarabs.pdf
| journal = Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement
}}
* {{Cite book
| last1 = White
| first1 = Richard E.
| date = 1998
| orig-year = 1983
| title = A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides)
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
| isbn = 0395910897
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite web
| access-date = 2018-05-03
| last1 = Ratcliffe
| first1 = Brett
| last2 = Jameson
| first2 = Mary Liz
| title = Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles
| url = http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html
| archive-date = 2019-03-30
| url-status = dead
}}
{{refend}}
{{clear}}

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Category:Scarabaeidae genera
Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson

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