Canthon lituratus

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
Tribus: Canthonini
Genus: Canthon
Subgenus: Canthon (Canthon)
Species: Canthon lituratus

Name

Canthon lituratus (Germar, 1813)

Synonymy

• Canthon lituratus var. bifasciatus Schmidt, 1920: 120. (synonymized by Balthasar 1939: 218)
  • Type locality: Colombia: Tolima, Magdalena, Honda (Río Magdalena).
    • Lectotype: NHRS. male ♂. (lectotype designated by Vaz-de-Mello & Cupello, 2018: 45)
• Canthon lituratus var. solutus Schmidt, 1920: 120. (synonymized by Balthasar 1939: 218)
  • Type locality: Colombia.
    • Lectotype: NHRS. female ♀. (lectotype designated by Vaz-de-Mello & Cupello, 2018: 45)

References

Additional references

• Schmidt, A. 1920. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Canthon Hffsg., Sybax Boh., Aphodius Ill., Simogenius Har., Ataenius Har. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A 86 (9): 114-147. Reference page. 
• Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Cupello, M. 2018. The type specimens of South American dung beetles. Part I: On the species described in the genus Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817 by the German entomologist Adolf Schmidt (1856-1923). (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Spixiana 41(1): 33–76. Zobodat full article (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 February 26, 2017]