Canthon

Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical ^[2] genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.^[3][4][5]

Canthon
Canthon histrio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Scarabaeinae
Tribe:	Deltochilini
Genus:	Canthon Hoffmannsegg 1817[1]
Subgenera and species
3 subgenera Boreocanthon Canthon Glaphyrocanthon and about 300 species see text for about 10 selected ones
Synonyms
Canthomoechus Pereira & Martinez, 1959 Coeloscelis Reiche, 1841 Coprobius Latreille, 1829 Geocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956 Glaphyrocanthon Martínez, 1948 Goniocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956 Hyboma Laporte, 1840 Nesocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956 Paedohyboma Kolbe, 1893 Peltecanthon Pereira, 1953 Petraechma Blanchard, 1843 Pseudocanthon Bates, 1887 Trichocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1959

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

See also

• List of Canthon species