Melanocanthon

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Melanocanthon
MelanocanthonBispinatus.jpg
Melanocanthon bispinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Melanocanthon

Halffter, 1958

Melanocanthon is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 4 described species in Melanocanthon.[1][2][3]

Species[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Melanocanthon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Melanocanthon Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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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