Aptenocanthon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Genus: Aptenocanthon
Species (8): A. hopsoni – A. jimara – A. kabura – A. monteithi – A. rossi – A. speewah – A. winyar – A. wollumbin

Name

Aptenocanthon Matthews, 1974

• Type species: Panelus hopsoni Carter, 1936 by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Matthews, E.G. 1974: A revision of the scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (24) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS024 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Storey, R.I. 1984: A new species of Aptenocanthon Matthews from north Queensland. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21(2): 387-390. abstract and pdf Reference page. 
• Storey, R.I.; Monteith, G.B. 2000: Five new species of Aptenocanthon Matthews (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from tropical Australia, with notes on distribution. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(1): 349-358. BHL PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]