Sylvicanthon xanthopus

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: Sylvicanthon
Species: Sylvicanthon xanthopus

Name

Sylvicanthon xanthopus (Blanchard, 1846)

Type locality: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Vallegrande.

Lectotype: MNHN. male ♂. (lectotype Canthon xanthopum designated by Cupello & Vaz-de-Mello, 2018: 167}}

Synonymy

• Canthon xanthopum Blanchard, 1846: 166
• Glaphyrocanthon xanthopus (Blanchard): Martínez et al. 1964: 8.
• Sylvicanthon xanthopus (Blanchard): Halffter & Martínez 1977: 63.

References

Additional references

• Cupello, M. & Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. 2018. A monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of ‘Canthon sensu lato’. European Journal of Taxonomy 467: 1–205. 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 March 1, 2017]