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Ceratocanthus

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Ceratocanthus is a genus of pill scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There are more than 50 described species in Ceratocanthus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyHybosoridae

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Specimen records
25
With media
25
Family
Hybosoridae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, KU, TAMU, NHMUK, MZLU
Recorded in
Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hybosoridae
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taxon name
Ceratocanthus
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Ceratocanthus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ceratocanthus is a genus of pill scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There are more than 50 described species in Ceratocanthus.

==Species== These 53 species belong to the genus Ceratocanthus: Ceratocanthus aeneus (MacLeay, 1819) (shining ball scarab beetle) Ceratocanthus amazonicus Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus aureolus (Harold, 1874) Ceratocanthus baniensis Howden, 1978 Ceratocanthus basilicus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus bicinctoides Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus bicinctus (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus bonfilsi Chalumeau, 1977 Ceratocanthus brasiliensis (Lansberge, 1887) Ceratocanthus chalceus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus clypealis (Lansberge, 1887) Ceratocanthus ebeninus (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus eberti Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus eulampros (Bates, 1887) Ceratocanthus fuscoviridis (Ohaus, 1911) Ceratocanthus globulus (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus gundlachi (Harold, 1874) Ceratocanthus humeralis (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus inca Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus major Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus mathani Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus micans (Harold, 1874) Ceratocanthus micros (Bates, 1887) Ceratocanthus monrosi (Martinez & Pereira, 1959) Ceratocanthus nanus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus niger Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus nitidus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus pararelucens Howden, 1978 Ceratocanthus pauliani (Delgado & Hernandez, 1998) Ceratocanthus pecki Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus perpunctatus Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus politus (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus pseudosuturalis Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus punctolineatus Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus punctulatus (Lansberge, 1887) Ceratocanthus pyritosus (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus quadristriatus Paulian & Vaz-de-mello, 1998 Ceratocanthus relucens (Bates, 1887) Ceratocanthus rotundicollis (Bates, 1887) Ceratocanthus semipunctatus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus semistriatus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus seriatus (Erichson, 1843) Ceratocanthus sesquistriatus (Germar, 1843) Ceratocanthus sexstriatus Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775) Ceratocanthus steinbachi Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus striatulus (Lansberge, 1887) Ceratocanthus suturalis (Lansberge, 1887) Ceratocanthus suturaloides Paulian, 1982 Ceratocanthus termiticola (Wasmann, 1894) Ceratocanthus turquinensis (Zayas, 1988) Ceratocanthus undulatus (Harold, 1874) Ceratocanthus vicarius (Bates, 1887)

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