# Melanocanthon

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***Melanocanthon*** is a genus of dung beetles in the family [Scarabaeidae](/source/Scarabaeidae). There are at least 4 described species in *Melanocanthon*.[1][2][3]

## Species

- *[Melanocanthon bispinatus](/source/Melanocanthon_bispinatus)* (Robinson, 1941) (tumble bug)
- *[Melanocanthon granulifer](/source/Melanocanthon_granulifer)* (Schmidt, 1920)
- *[Melanocanthon nigricornis](/source/Melanocanthon_nigricornis)* (Say, 1823)
- *[Melanocanthon punctaticollis](/source/Melanocanthon_punctaticollis)* (Schaeffer, 1915)

## References

1. ["*Melanocanthon* Genus Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/69589). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

1. ["*Melanocanthon* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926408). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

1. Moctezuma V, Sánchez-Huerta JL, Halffter G (2017). "Two new species of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". *ZooKeys 702*: 113-135.

## Further reading

- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). *American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea*. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). *American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico*. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). *Peterson Field Guides: Beetles*. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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