Canthon

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Canthon
Tumblebug (Canthon histrio).jpg
Canthon histrio
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Deltochilini
Genus: Canthon
Hoffmannsegg 1817 [1]
Subgenera and species

3 subgenera

and about 300 species
see text for about 10 selected ones

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Synonyms
  • Canthomoechus Pereira & Martinez, 1959
  • Coeloscelis Reiche, 1841
  • Coprobius Latreille, 1829
  • Geocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956
  • Glaphyrocanthon Martínez, 1948
  • Goniocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956
  • Hyboma Laporte, 1840
  • Nesocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956
  • Paedohyboma Kolbe, 1893
  • Peltecanthon Pereira, 1953
  • Petraechma Blanchard, 1843
  • Pseudocanthon Bates, 1887
  • Trichocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1959

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

Selected species

Names brought to synonymy

See also

References

  1. ↑ Entomologische Bemerkungen bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische insekten. JC Hoffmannsegg - Zoologisches Magazin, 1817
  2. ↑ "Canthon - gbif.org".
  3. ↑ "Integrated Taxonomic Information System - Search Results" . Retrieved 2016-07-22.
  4. ↑ "Canthon - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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