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subgenus Canthon

Metallic dung beetle - Canthon indigaceus dung beetle - Canthon chalcites King of the Ball (looking down on a fly-as-serf) - Canthon floridanus Onthophagus hecate - Scooped Scarab? - Canthon chalcites Big Black Dung Beetle - Canthon imitator Canthon floridanus? - Canthon floridanus 3025757 Canthon - Canthon Beetle - Canthon chalcites
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 Canthon (Tumblebugs)
No Taxon subgenus Canthon
Numbers
9 spp. in our area