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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) » Deltochilini » Boreocanthon » Boreocanthon lecontei

Species Boreocanthon lecontei

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Boreocanthon lecontei (Harold) - Boreocanthon lecontei
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 Boreocanthon
Species lecontei (Boreocanthon lecontei)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Canthon lecontei Harold 1868
Explanation of Names
Boreocanthon lecontei (Harold)
Size
not over 5 mm(1)
Identification
pronotal sculpturing unique, consists of double granulation. The larger granulation is very fine and densely coalescent, producing an even, rather finely granulorugose surface(1)
Range
c. TX to Tamaulipas, Mexico(2)(1)
Habitat
on cattle, swine and equine dung; also found on carrion(1)
Remarks
no close affinity within genus(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Boreocanthon Halffter, 1958 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini).
Edmonds WD. 2022. Insecta Mundi 0952: 1–65.
2.An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas.
Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 19 October, 2009 - 5:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 July, 2023 - 7:22pm

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