| Display parents | 2 |
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| Taxon | Canthon |
| Authority | Hoffmannsegg 1817[1] |
| Subdivision ranks | Subgenera and species |
| Subdivision | 3 subgenera and about 300 species
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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"
- ^ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results". Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ^ "Canthon - Nomen.at - animals and plants"
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
External links
- Canthon at insectoid.info