Canthon

Canthon
Canthon histrio
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Deltochilini
Genus: Canthon
Hoffmannsegg 1817
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

Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.

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