Canthon

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

Canthon
Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Tribe:
Deltochilini
Genus:
Canthon

Subgenera and species

3 subgenera

and about 300 species
see text for about 10 selected ones

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)

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 quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789
  • Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781
Names brought to synonymy

See also

References
  1. Entomologische Bemerkungen bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische insekten. JC Hoffmannsegg - Zoologisches Magazin, 1817
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-07-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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