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

Species Canthon viridis - Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) viridis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

Canthon (G.) viridis (Palisot de Beauvois) - Canthon viridis

bronze beetle with shield on its head - Canthon viridis

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)

Species viridis (Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) viridis)

Explanation of Names

Canthon viridis (Palisot de Beauvois 1805)

Size

3.6‒4.7 mm(1)

Identification

two 'clypial teeth', color variable

Range

e.NA (ON‒MA‒FL to NE‒TX) to n.S.America [map](2)(1)(3)(4)

Habitat

wooded habitats; found perching on vegetation or in pitfalls baited with fungi, carrion, or feces(5)

Life Cycle

can feed on dog feces in Austin, TX (6)

Remarks

our only representative of the subg. Glaphyrocanthon Martínez 1948

Works Cited

1.	The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Nebraska Brett C. Ratcliffe & M.J. Paulsen. 2008. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 22, 570 pp.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

5.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

6.	SCIENTIFIC NOTE: Observations of urban dung beetles utilizing dog feces (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Cave, R.D. 2005. The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(3): 400-401.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 January, 2007 - 6:53am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 5 October, 2024 - 4:30pm

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