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Biology: Coprophagous.
Similar Species:
Nearly 150 species of Canthon are distributed from southern Canada to Argentina.
Twenty-one species are fond in the Nearctic region. (Arnett et al. 2002)
Fifteen species occur in Texas. (Riley & Wolfe 2003)Texas Canthon species:
Canthon (Canthon) chalcites (Haldeman)
Canthon (Canthon) cyanellus LeConte
Canthon (Boreocanthon) ebenus (Say)
Canthon (Canthon) humectus sayi Robinson
Canthon (Canthon) humectus (Say)
Canthon (Canthon) imitator Brown
Canthon (Boreocanthon) integricollis Schaeffer
Canthon (Boreocanthon) lecontei Harold
Canthon (Boreocanthon) melanus Robinson
Canthon (Boreocanthon) mixtus Robinson
Canthon (Canthon) pilularius (Linnaeus)
Canthon (Boreocanthon) praticola LeConte
Canthon (Boreocanthon) probus (Germar)
Canthon (Canthon) vigilans LeConte
Canthon (Glaphyrocanthon) viridis viridis (Palisot de Beauvois)
Website: Dung Beetles - TAMU
Photos:
Canthon imitator - BugGuide.Net - Patrick Coin
Canthon imitator - BugGuide.Net - Patrick Coin
Bibliography:
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M.C. Thomas, P.E. Skelley & J.H. Frank. (editors). 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. xiv + 861 pp.
Favila, M.E., & A. Díaz. 1996, Canthon cyanellus cyanellus LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) makes a nest in the field with several brood balls. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 50(1): 52-60.
Halffter, G. 1958. Dos nuevos generos de Canthonini (Col. Scarabaeidae). Ciencia (Mexico), 17: 207-212.
Halffter, G. 1961. Monografía de las Especies Norteamericanas del Género Canthon Hoffsg. (Coleopt., Scarab.). Ciencia. 20(9-12): 225-320.
Halffter, G. & A. Martinez. 1966. Revision monographic de los Canthonina Americanos (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) (1a. parte). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana Historia Natural 27: 114-175.
Hanski, I. & Y. Cambefort (editors). 1991. Dung Beetle Ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 481 pp.
Howden, H.F. 1966. Notes on the Canthonini of the Biologia Centrali-Americana and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Canadian Entomologist 98: 725-741.
Matthews, E.G. 1963. Observations on the ball-rolling behavior of Canton pilularius (L.) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Psyche, 70: 75-93.
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp.
Ritcher, P.O. 1966. White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae. Oregon State University Monograph Series No. 4: 1-219.
Robinson, M. 1948. A review of the species of Canthon inhabiting the United States (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74: 83-100.
09 Dec 2008 © Mike Quinn / Texas Entomology / Texas Beetle Information