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Species Canthon imitator - Canthon (Canthon) imitator

Canthon imitator Brown - Canthon imitator

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Dung Beetles)

Tribe Canthonini

Genus Canthon (Tumblebugs)

Species imitator (Canthon (Canthon) imitator)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Canthon laevis Bates

Canthon floridanus Brown

Internet References

Texas Entomology

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2006 - 9:07pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian

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