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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Deltochilini » Tumblebugs (Canthon) » subgenus Canthon (Canthon subgenus Canthon) » Canthon indigaceus

Species Canthon indigaceus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Tumblebug - Canthon indigaceus Onthophagus Dung Beetle? - Canthon indigaceus Dung Beetle - Canthon indigaceus Canthon indigaceus Canthon indigaceus? - Canthon indigaceus - male Canthon indigaceus? - Canthon indigaceus Canthon indigaceus? - Canthon indigaceus Canthon indigaceus? - Canthon indigaceus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)
Tribe Deltochilini
Genus Canthon (Tumblebugs)
No Taxon (subgenus Canthon)
Species indigaceus (Canthon indigaceus)
Explanation of Names
Canthon indigaceus LeConte 1866
Size
8.5‒12.5 mm(1)
Identification
type specimen
Range
sw.US (s.CA‒TX) to Costa Rica [map](2); no specimens from US outside AZ studied in (1); TX records considered unconfirmed in (3)
Works Cited
1.Monografía de las especies norteamericanas del género Canthon Hoffsg. (Coleopt., Scarab.)
Halffter G. 1961. Ciencia (Mexico) 20: 225–320.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 29 July, 2007 - 3:03am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2024 - 7:50pm

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