Ceratocanthus is a genus of pill scarab beetles in the family Hybosoridae. There are more than 50 described species in Ceratocanthus.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hybosoridae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratocanthinae |
| Genus: | Ceratocanthus White, 1842 |
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Species
editThese 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)
References
edit- ^ a b "Ceratocanthus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Ceratocanthus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Ceratocanthus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.