Species Canthon imitator

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Works Cited

Canthon imitator Brown - Canthon imitator

Big Black Dung Beetle - Canthon imitator

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)

Species imitator (Canthon imitator)

Explanation of Names

Canthon imitator Brown 1946

Identification

Dark blue to brownish-coppery. See (1)

note clypeus

Range

OK‒TX(1) • also AZ & CO per (2)

Habitat

Open vegetation, sandy soil

Print References

Brown W.J. (1946) Notes on some species of Canthon and Dichelonyx (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Can. Entomol. 78: 101–109.

Works Cited

1.	On the identity of Canthon imitator floridanus Brown, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Génier, F. 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(2): 300-306.

2.	Monografía de las especies norteamericanas del género Canthon Hoffsg. (Coleopt., Scarab.) Halffter G. 1961. Ciencia (Mexico) 20: 225–320.

Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2006 - 9:07pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2024 - 9:51pm

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