Canthon

TaxID: 206809

Basic Information

Canthon

Eastern Tumblebug

Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Canthon

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Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Cole Shoemaker@BY
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(c) Mike Quinn@BY-NC
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(c) skitterbug@BY
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(c) Ashley Schmitz@BY-NC
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(c) Arlon Motsch@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Body length 10–20 mm (larger beetles) or ≤ 8 mm (small beetles). Body densely covered with setae, particularly on pronotum and elytra. Posterior margin of head distinctly margined between eyes. Clypeus quadridentate, middle two teeth larger than outer ones. Propleuron not divided by a carina, smooth and continuous. Meso- and metatibiae bearing longitudinal rows of aligned setae. Metatarsomeres elongated and transversely truncated at apex, outer margin of first metatarsomere approximately 1.5× length of second.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

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