Melanocanthon
Melanocanthon is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 4 described species in Melanocanthon.[1][2][3]
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| Genus: | Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958 |
Species
- Melanocanthon bispinatus (Robinson, 1941) (tumble bug)
- Melanocanthon granulifer (Schmidt, 1920)
- Melanocanthon nigricornis (Say, 1823)
- Melanocanthon punctaticollis (Schaeffer, 1915)
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References
- "Melanocanthon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- "Melanocanthon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- Moctezuma V, Sánchez-Huerta JL, Halffter G (2017). "Two new species of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys 702: 113-135.
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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