Melanocanthon bispinatus

Melanocanthon bispinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Melanocanthon
Species:	M. bispinatus
Binomial name
Melanocanthon bispinatus (Robinson, 1941)

Melanocanthon bispinatus, the tumble bug, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. "Melanocanthon bispinatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. "Melanocanthon bispinatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
3. 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.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• 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.