Cantao (bug)
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| Cantao ocellatus | |
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| Subfamily: | Scutellerinae
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| Tribe: | Scutellerini
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| Genus: | Cantao |
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Cantao is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae.[1][2]
Description[]
Body elongate oval; head elongate, with nearly straight and carinate lateral margins; pronotum with posterolateral angles produced at base of scutellum; scutellum with a pair of deep foveae basally; peritreme large, occupying most of metapleurite, evaporatorium reduced.[2]
Distribution[]
Distributed in the Indomalaya, the Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia. A doubtful species () has been reported from tropical Africa. A fossil species (tentatively placed into Cantao) was described from the middle Miocene of Tottori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.[2]
Species[]
- Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)
- (Montrouzier, 1855)
- (Westwood, 1837)
- (White, 1839)
- Horváth, 1892
- † ? Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)
References[]
- ^ McDonald, F. J. D. (1988). "A revision of Cantao Amyot and Serville (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)". Oriental Insects. 22: 287–299. doi:10.1080/00305316.1988.11835493.
- ^ a b c Jing-Fu Tsai; Dávid Rédei; Geng-Fang Yeh & Man-Miao Yang (1991). Jewel bugs of Taiwan (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). National Chung Hsing University. p. 309. ISBN 978-9-8602-8723-3. OCLC 799436034.
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