Canthon

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: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Canthonini
Genus: Canthon
Subgenera: C. (Canthon) – C. (Glaphyrocanthon) – C. (Goniocanthon) –
Overview of species

C. aberrans – C. acutiformis – C. acutoides – C. acutus – C. aequinoctialis – C. angularis – C. angustatus – C. antoniomartinezi – C. ateuchiceps – C. auricollis – C. balteatus – C. bicolor – C. bimaculatus – C. bisignatus – C. bispinus – C. brunneus – C. brunnipennis – C. caelius – C. callosus – C. candens – C. carbonarius – C. chalcites – C. championi – C. chiriguano – C. cinctellus – C. circulatus – C. coahuilensis – C. cobosi – C. coeruleicollis – C. coerulescens – C. coloratus – C. columbianus – C. corporaali – C. corruscus – C. curvipes – C. curvodilatatus – C. cyanellus – C. daguerrei – C. delgadoi – C. delicatulus – C. deloyai – C. delpontei – C. denticulatus – C. dentiger – C. deplanatus – C. depressipennis – C. deyrollei – C. dives – C. divinator – C. ebeneus – C. edentulus – C. edmondsi – C. enkerlini – C. euryscelis – C. fallax – C. femoralis – C. forcipatus – C. formosus – C. forreri – C. fulgidus – C. fuscipes – C. gemellatus – C. hartmanni – C. helleri – C. heyrovskyi – C. honsi – C. humboldti – C. humectus – C. ibarragrassoi – C. imitator – C. indigaceus – C. integricollis – C. inusitatus – C. janthinus – C. juvencus – C. lafargei – C. laminatus – C. lamprimus – C. lamproderes – C. latipes – C. lecontei – C. leechi – C. lituratus – C. lividus – C. lunatus – C. luteicollis – C. maldonadoi – C. manantlanensis – C. marmoratus – C. matthewsi – C. melancholicus – C. melanus – C. meridionalis – C. mixtus – C. modestus – C. monilifer – C. montanus – C. moroni – C. morsei – C. mutabilis – C. muticus – C. nigripennis – C. nyctelius – C. obliquus – C. obscuriellus – C. octodentatus – C. oliverioi – C. orfilai – C. ornatus – C. pacificus – C. pallidus – C. pauxillus – C. perseverans – C. pilularius – C. piluliformis – C. plagiatus – C. planus – C. podagricus – C. politus – C. praticola – C. principalis – C. probus – C. punctatus – C. puncticollis – C. quadratus – C. quadriguttatus – C. quadripunctatus – C. quinquemaculatus – C. reichei – C. reyesi – C. rubrescens – C. rutilans – C. rzedowskii – C. semiopacus – C. septemmaculatus – C. sericatus – C. signifer – C. silvaticus – C. simplex – C. simulans – C. smaragdulus – C. sordidus – C. splendidus – C. staigi – C. steinheili – C. subcyaneus – C. subhyalinus – C. substriatus – C. sulcatus – C. tetraodon – C. triangularis – C. unicolor – C. variabilis – C. vazquezae – C. velutinus – C. viduus – C. vigilans – C. violaceus – C. virens – C. viridis – C. vulcanoae – C. zuninoi
Name

Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817: 38 BHL

Type species:

Synonyms:

Canthon elegans Castelnau, 1840 = Canthon quadriguttatus ({Olivier, 1789)

References
Additional references

Kohlmann, B.; Halffter, G. 1990: Reconstruction of a specific example of insect invasion waves: the cladistic analysis of Canthon (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and related genera in North America. Quaestiones entomologicae, 26: 1–28.
Schmidt, A. 1920. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Canthon Hffsg., Sybax Boh., Aphodius Ill., Simogenius Har., Ataenius Har. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 86 (9): 114-147. Reference page.
Schmidt, A. 1922. 1. Bestimmungstabelle der mir bekannten Canthon-Arten. 2. Verbreitungsgebiete der Canthon- Arten. 3. Neubeschreibungen von Canthon, Saprositis, Mendidius, Euparia und Ataenius. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 88 (3): 61-103. Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 1, 2017]

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 angustatus Harold, 1867
Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789
Canthon smaragdulus Fabricius, 1781

Names brought to synonymy

Canthon elegans (Laporte, 1840), a synonym for Canthon quadriguttatus Olivier, 1789