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Canthon chalcites or pilularius - Canthon
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Canthon chalcites or pilularius - Canthon
Hill Forest, east of Flat River, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 11, 2005
Size: 17 mm
Detail of head, pronotum, while restrained gently. Eyes are large, for a member of this genus, a characteristic of C. vigilans, Harpootlian, p. 12, fig. 13. (1) Quoting from the description in Scarab Beetles of South Carolina, (1):
"Canthon vigilans LeConte 1858:16. 13-20 mm. Black, with slight purple hue in many specimens. Densely granulate with mixed small and large granules. Clypeus deeply bidentate, teeth subtriangular; eyes large."
Image updated 7/4/22.
ID updated 3/14/24--see comments. Eyes not large, like vigilans. We had no images of that species when I followed they key back in 2005. Here's an image of that species, showing the much larger eyes:


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Contributed by Cotinis on 11 August, 2005 - 10:16pm
Last updated 14 March, 2024 - 12:18pm

Moved
Moved from Canthon vigilans.
… v belov, 13 March, 2024 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tumblebugs. Reversing myself, looking at keys (1) and detailed descriptions (2), plus images here of C. vigilans, C. pilularis, and C. chalcites, this does look consistent with vigilans.
… Cotinis, 4 July, 2022 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Canthon vigilans.
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