Canthophorus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about eight described species in Canthophorus.[1][2][3]

Canthophorus
Canthophorus melanopterus, Ukraine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Cydnidae
Subfamily: Sehirinae
Genus: Canthophorus
Mulsant & Rey, 1866
Synonyms
  • Sehirus Amyot & Serville, 1843
Canthophorus melanopterus

Species of this genus were formerly considered to be members of the genus Sehirus.[1][2]

Species

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These eight species belong to the genus Canthophorus:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Canthophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  2. ^ a b "genus Canthophorus Mulsant & Rey, 1866". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
  3. ^ Aukema, Berend; Constant, Jerome (2016). "The Taxonomic Status of Sehirus Aeneus Walker, 1867 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Sehirinae)". Entomologica Americana. 122.
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