Canopus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Canopidae
Genus: Canopus
Species (8): C. burmeisteri – C. fabricii – ...
Name

Canopus Fabricius, 1803

References
Primary references

Fabricius 1803: Syst. Rhyng., 127.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Canopus is a genus of Neotropical bugs with about six species that form the family Canopidae. Bugs in the family Canopidae are small (5–7 mm) long and have a convex lady-bird beetle like shape and are thought to be fungus feeders. The scutellum completely covers the abdomen and wings. The antennae are five segmented.[1][2]

Eight species are known:

C. andinus Horváth
C. burmeisteri McAtee and Malloch
C. caesus (Germar)
C. fabricii McAtee and Malloch
C. germari McAtee and Malloch
C. globosus Horváth
C. impressus Fabricius
C. orbicularis Horváth

References

McHugh, Joseph V. (1994). "On the Natural History of Canopidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 102 (1): 112–114. JSTOR 25010062.
Schwertner, C. F.; Grazia, J. (2015). "Less Diverse Pentatomoid Families (Acanthosomatidae, Canopidae, Dinidoridae, Megarididae, Phloeidae, and Tessaratomidae)". In Panizzi, A.R.; Grazia, J. (eds.). True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics, Entomology in Focus 2. Entomology in Focus. Vol. 2. Springer. pp. 821–862. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9861-7_25. ISBN 978-94-017-9860-0.