Canthon
Canthon | |
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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 Hoffmannsegg 1817[1] |
Subgenera and species | |
3 subgenera
and about 300 species
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Synonyms | |
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Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2][3][4]
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
- Canthon elegans (Castelnau, 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
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ↑
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
External links
Data related to Canthon at Wikispecies Media related to Canthon at Wikimedia Commons- Canthon at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Canthon at insectoid.info
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