# Canthon

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***Canthon***, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical [2] genus of [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae) or scarab beetles in the superfamily [Scarabaeoidea](/source/Scarabaeoidea).[3][4][5]

## Selected species

- *[Canthon aberrans](/source/Canthon_aberrans)* Harold, 1868
- *[Canthon acutiformis](/source/Canthon_acutiformis)* Balthasar, 1939
- *[Canthon acutoides](/source/Canthon_acutoides)* Schmidt, 1922
- *[Canthon acutus](/source/Canthon_acutus)* Harold, 1868
- *[Canthon aequinoctialis](/source/Canthon_aequinoctialis)* Harold 1868
- *[Canthon angularis](/source/Canthon_angularis)* Harold, 1868
- *[Canthon angustatus](/source/Canthon_angustatus)* Harold, 1867
- *[Canthon histrio](/source/Canthon_histrio)* Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
- *[Canthon quadriguttatus](/source/Canthon_quadriguttatus)* Olivier, 1789
- *[Canthon smaragdulus](/source/Canthon_smaragdulus)* Fabricius, 1781
- *[Canthon zuninoi](/source/Canthon_zuninoi)* Rivera-Cervantes & Halffter, 1999

**Names brought to synonymy**

- *Canthon elegans* (Laporte, 1840), a synonym for *[Canthon quadriguttatus](/source/Canthon_quadriguttatus)* Olivier, 1789

## See also

- [List of Canthon species](/source/List_of_Canthon_species)

## References

1. Entomologische Bemerkungen bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische insekten. JC Hoffmannsegg - Zoologisches Magazin, 1817

1. ["Canthon - gbif.org"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1092474)

1. ["Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt). Retrieved 2016-07-22.

1. ["Canthon - Nomen.at - animals and plants"](http://nomen.at/Canthon)

1. ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011528/http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053). Archived from [the original](http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053) on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.

## External links

- [*Canthon*](https://web.archive.org/web/20170423163122/http://insectoid.info/insecta/coleoptera/scarabaeidae/canthon_genus/) at insectoid.info

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