Canthonini

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

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Tribus: Canthonini
Genera: Agamopus – Aleiantus – Aliuscanthoniola – Amphistomus – Anachalcos – Anisocanthon – Anomiopus – Anonthobium – Aphengoecus – Apotolamprus – Aptenocanthon – Apterepilissus – Arachnodes – Aulacopris – Baloghonthobium – Bohepilissus – Boletoscapter – Byrrhidium – Caeconthobium – Cambefortantus – Canthochilum – Canthodimorpha – Canthon – Canthonella – Canthonidia – Canthonosoma – Canthotrypes – Cephalodesmius – Circellium – Coproecus – Cryptocanthon – Deltepilissus – Deltochilum – Diorygopyx – Drogo – Dwesasilvasedis – Endroedyolus – Epactoides – Epilissus – Epirinus – Eudinopus – Falsignambia – Gyronotus – Hammondantus – Hansreia – Holocanthon – Ignambia – Janssensantus – Lambroma – Lepanus – Macropanelus – Madaphacosoma – Malagoniella – Megathopa – Megathoposoma – Melanocanthon – Mentophilus – Monoplistes – Namakwanus – Nanos – Nebulasilvius – Nesovinsonia – Ochicanthon – Odontoloma – Oficanthon – Onthobium – Outenikwanus – Panelus – Paracanthon – Parvuhowdenius – Peckolus – Penalus – Phacosomoides – Pseudignambia – Pseudocanthon – Pseudonthobium – Pseudophacosoma – Pycnopanelus – Saphobiamorpha – Saphobius – Sauvagesinella – Scybalocanthon – Scybalophagus – Sikorantus – Silvaphilus – Sinapisoma – Sphaerocanthon – Streblopus – Sylvicanthon – Tanzanolus – Temnoplectron – Tesserodon – Tesserodoniella – Tetraechma – Vulcanocanthon – Xenocanthon – Zonocopris
Name

Canthonini Péringuey, 1900
References

Davis, A.L.V.; Scholtz, C.H.; Harrison, J.du G. 1999: New and threatened Afrotropical dung beetle taxa in the Gondwanaland tribe Canthonini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African entomology, 7: 77–84.
Deschodt, C.M. , A.L.V. Davis & C.H. Scholtz, 2011: New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42 (3): 277–294. Abstract: DOI: 10.1163/187631211X568173.
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V. & Scholtz, C.H. 2016. A new monotypic genus, a species synonymy and nomenclatural corrections in the arid-adapted Canthonini (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from the Succulent Karoo Biome of south-western Africa. Zootaxa 4147(4): 490–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.4.9 Reference page.
Deschodt, C.M.; Scholtz, C.H. 2008: Systematics of South African forest-endemic dung beetles: new genera and species of small Canthonini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African entomology, 16: 91–106. ISSN: 1021-3589 (print) 1021-3589 (online) DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-16.1.91
Howden, H.F.; Cook, J. 2002: Paracryptocanthon, a new canthonine genus from Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Coleopterists bulletin, 56: 585–588. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0585:PANCGF]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR
Montreuil, O. 2011: Monophylie du « groupe Epilissus » et refonte des genres Epilissus Reiche, 1841, Arachnodes Westwood, 1847 et Apterepilissus n. gen. de Madagascar (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Epilissini). Zoosystema, 33(1): 101–122. DOI: 10.5252/z2011n1a5 [in French with English abstract]
Roets, F.; Oberlander, K.C. 2010: Silvaphilus: a new relict forest-endemic Canthonini dung beetle genus from the Western Cape Province of South Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African entomology, 18(2): 369–373. DOI: 10.4001/003.018.0213