Edmonds, W. D.
Canthon
Sign in to saveCanthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,735
- With media
- 680
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Collections
- LACM, MHNCA, CZUG-CUCBA-UDG
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Scarabaeidae
- Image
- Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781 (3013307092).jpg
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- taxon common name
- Tumblebugs
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Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.
==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 angustatus Harold, 1867 Canthon histrio Lepeletier & Serville, 1828 Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789 Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781 Canthon zuninoi Rivera-Cervantes & Halffter, 1999 Names brought to synonymy: Canthon elegans (Laporte, 1840), a synonym for Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789
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