A new species of the genus Canthon Hoffmannsegg (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Deltochilini) from central Brazil

Abstract

A new species of Canthon is described, illustrated and the morphological similarities with related species are discussed. The species Canthon cleidecostae was named after Dr. Cleide Costa a great beetles specialist. The subgeneric category of species is considered incertae sedis until the taxonomic revision of the genus Canthon is fully addressed. Also, we provide a key for genera, subgenera and isolated species-groups that can be confused with the genus Canthon.

Towards a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle subgenus Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) Lane, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Division into species-groups

“…), has greatly surpassed the number of species that was initially thought to exist. This result means that Deltochilum , which will likely reach the 300 species mark, will therefore become the most speciose genus of the tribe Deltochilini, surpassing the currently most diverse Canthon with its 157 valid species [ 75 – 77 ]⁠, even if several new Canthon species are described in the near future.…”

Seasonality and distribution of Coleoptera families (Arthropoda, Insecta) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil

“…Most of these studies have evaluated how anthropic impacts, such as urbanization (Correa et al, 2019a(Correa et al, , 2021Frizzas et al, 2020), habitat fragmentation (Pimenta and De Marco, 2015;Silva et al, 2020) and land use (Martello et al, 2016;Correa et al, 2019b;Oliveira et al, 2021), have affected the beetle community. For most families, however, several knowledge gaps still exist, as a reflection of this, new species (Fernandes and Hamada, 2012;Vaz-de-Mello et al, 2020) and new species distribution (Gonçalves et al, 2020;Evangelista et al, 2021) are frequently recorded in the Cerrado. Our study, however, evaluated several Coleoptera families in the Cerrado throughout the year, allowing us to have an overview of the diversity and distribution of these families in native vegetation areas.…”

New records of relictual populations of dung beetle species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) in the Atlantic Forest of the Brazilian Northeast

“…Fortunately, recent taxonomic reviews have allowed an accurate identification of several species belonging to the following genera addressed in the present work: Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817 (Nunes et al 2018(Nunes et al , 2020Vieira et al 2019;Vaz-de-Mello et al 2020), Copro phanaeus d' Olsoufieff, 1924 (Edmonds and Zídek 2010), Deltochilum Eschscholtz, 1822 (Génier 2012;González-Alvarado and Vaz-de-Mello 2014;Silva et al 2015), Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Nunes and Vaz-de-Mello 2013Maldaner et al 2015Maldaner et al , 2018Valois et al 2017; Arias-Buriticá and Vaz-de-Mello 2019; Rossini and Vaz-de-Mello 2020; Silva et al 2020), Eurysternus Dalman, 1824 (Génier 2009), Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Edmonds and Zídek 2012), and Oxysternon Castelnau, 1840 (Edmonds and Zídek 2004).…”