Biology:Canthon
From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of beetles
| Canthon | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| C. histrio | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Deltochilini |
| Genus: | Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817[1] |
| Subgenera and species | |
|
3 subgenera
and about 300 species
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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
- 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". https://www.gbif.org/species/1092474.
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report - Error". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20090312100559/http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ↑ "Canthon - Nomen.at - animals and plants". http://nomen.at/Canthon.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011528/http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
External links
- Canthon at insectoid.info
Wikidata ☰ Q10500076 entry
 |  |
