Pseudocanthon

Pseudocanthon
Pseudocanthon perplexus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Scarabaeidae
Tribe:Deltochilini
Genus:Pseudocanthon
Bates, 1887
Synonyms[1]
  • Opiocanthon Paulian, 1947

Pseudocanthon is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about eight described species in Pseudocanthon.[1][2][3][4]

Pseudocanthon perplexus

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Pseudocanthon:

  • Pseudocanthon caeranus Matthews, 1966 c g
  • Pseudocanthon chlorizans (Bates, 1887) c g
  • Pseudocanthon iuanalaoi Matthews, 1966 c g
  • Pseudocanthon jamaicensis Matthews, 1966 c g
  • Pseudocanthon perplexus (LeConte, 1847) i c g b (four-toothed dung beetle)
  • Pseudocanthon sylvaticus Matthews, 1966 c g
  • Pseudocanthon vitraci (Fleutiaux & SallĂ©, 1889) c g
  • Pseudocanthon xanthurus (Blanchard, 1846) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pseudocanthon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Pseudocanthon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Pseudocanthon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "Pseudocanthon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

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.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
  • Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
  • 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.

  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  • Media related to Pseudocanthon at Wikimedia Commons


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