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

Genus Melanocanthon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Dung Beetle - Melanocanthon nigricornis Melanocanthon sp. - Melanocanthon Dung Beetle - Melanocanthon nigricornis Melanocanthon punctaticollis or bispinatus? - Melanocanthon vulturnus 9041050 scarab - Melanocanthon nigricornis 9041050 scarab - Melanocanthon nigricornis 3026230 dung B - Melanocanthon nigricornis Dung beetle June 14 - Melanocanthon nigricornis
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 Melanocanthon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
reviewed in (1)
Explanation of Names
Melanocanthon Halffter 1958 ‒more on author
Numbers
5 spp., all in our area(1)
Size
5‒10 mm(1)
Identification
The combination of quadridentate clypeus and 2 metatibial spurs is unique among the Scarabaeinae
  
Range
Great Lakes region of Ontario to n Mexico; in our area:(1)
M. bispinatus CT‒FL to MI‒MS
M. granulifer c.TX
M. nigricornis WI‒TX to CO
M. punctaticollis peninsular FL north of the Everglades
M. vulturnus s.SC‒FL
Habitat
open conifer and broadleaf habitats with sandy substrate(1)
Food
fungi, excrement of many origins, decomposing fruit and carrion(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958
Edmonds, W.D. 2023. Insecta Mundi.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 9 August, 2006 - 7:40am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 22 February, 2024 - 2:26pm

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