Ceratocanthus aeneus

Ceratocanthus aeneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Hybosoridae
Genus:Ceratocanthus
Species: C. aeneus
Binomial name
Ceratocanthus aeneus
(MacLeay, 1819)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphaeromorphus volvox Erichson, 1843

Ceratocanthus aeneus, known generally as the shining ball scarab beetle or round fungus beetle, is a species of pill scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ceratocanthus aeneus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Ceratocanthus aeneus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Ceratocanthus aeneus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Ceratocanthus aeneus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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