Cantao (bug)

Cantao is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae^[1][2] and tribe Scutellerini.^[3]

Cantao
Cantao ocellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Scutelleridae
Tribe:	Scutellerini
Genus:	Cantao Amyot & Serville, 1843
Species
see text

Description

Body elongate oval; head elongate, with nearly straight and carinate lateral margins; pronotum with posterolateral angles produced at base of scutellum; scutellum with a pair of deep foveae basally; peritreme large, occupying most of metapleurite, evaporatorium reduced.^[2]

Distribution

Distributed in Indomalaya, Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia. A doubtful species (Cantao africanus) has been reported from tropical Africa. A fossil species (tentatively placed into Cantao) was described from the middle Miocene of Tottori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.^[2]

Species

As of February 2024, BioLib^[3] includes:

1. Cantao africanus Horváth, 1892
2. Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)
3. Cantao purpuratus (Westwood, 1837)
4. Cantao parentum (White, 1839)
5. Cantao variabilis (Montrouzier, 1855)
6. † ?Cantao yamanai Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)