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Tribe Deltochilini

Dung Beetle - Melanocanthon nigricornis Boreocanthon lecontei (Harold) - Boreocanthon lecontei Dung Beetle - Boreocanthon melanus dung beetle - Deltochilum gibbosum Dung beetle June 14 - Melanocanthon nigricornis bronze beetle with shield on its head - Canthon viridis bronze beetle with shield on its head - Canthon viridis Small scarab - Pseudocanthon perplexus
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Canthonini Péringuey 1900 ‒see (1)
Explanation of Names
Deltochilini Lacordaire 1856
Numbers
~30 spp. in 5 genera in our area(2), almost 800 spp. in 64 genera total(3)
Identification
metatibia slender (left)

Key to the genera/subgenera (Malagoniella not included)
1 Protarsi absent .................................. Deltochilum

Protarsi present ................................... 2

2 Metatibia with 2 terminal spurs ............. Melanocanthon

Metatibia with one terminal spur .......... 3

3 Clypeus bidentate or notched ........................... 4

Clypeus quadridentate ..................................... 5

4 Black, bronze, sometimes with greenish hue; granulate; 11-22 mm ....................... Canthon s. str.
Bright green or purple bronze, never gray or black; shiny; 2-4 mm .................... Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon)
5(3) Metafemur anteriorly unmargined; clypeal teeth large; granulate black; 4-10 mm ..... Boreocanthon (link updated 3/14/24)
Metafemur anteriorly margined; clypeal teeth small; shiny metallic; 3-5 mm ....... Pseudocanthon [Similar to Ateuchus, but legs slender]
Print References
(4)
Works Cited
1.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Catalogue of Life
4.Monografía de las especies norteamericanas del género Canthon Hoffsg. (Coleopt., Scarab.)
Halffter G. 1961. Ciencia (Mexico) 20: 225–320.