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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scavenger Scarab Beetles (Hybosoridae) » Pill Scarab Beetles (Ceratocanthinae) » Ceratocanthus

Genus Ceratocanthus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited
Ceratocanthus aeneus (Macleay) - Ceratocanthus aeneus Ceratocanthus aeneus Round Fungus Beetle - Ceratocanthus aeneus Round Fungus Beetle - Ceratocanthus aeneus Round Fungus Beetle - Ceratocanthus aeneus Ceratocanthus aeneus (MacLeay) - Ceratocanthus aeneus Ceratocanthus aeneus (MacLeay) - Ceratocanthus aeneus Ceratocanthus aeneus (MacLeay) - Ceratocanthus aeneus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Hybosoridae (Scavenger Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Ceratocanthinae (Pill Scarab Beetles)
Genus Ceratocanthus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acanthocerus MacLeay 1819
Explanation of Names
Ceratocanthus White 1842
Numbers
a single species in our area, 53 spp. total(1)
Size
in NA, ~7 mm(2)
Range
neotropical group ranging into se. US (VA-FL-AL-TN)(1)(2)
Works Cited
1.Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles (by Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson)
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by v belov on 18 May, 2010 - 3:56pm
Last updated 11 January, 2015 - 10:36pm

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