Canthon
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Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781 | |
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Genus: | Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817[1]
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3 subgenera and about 300 species
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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.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
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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