Canthon cyanellus

LeConte, 1859

Dung beetle

Canthon cyanellus is a in the Scarabaeidae, first described by LeConte in 1859. The species belongs to the Canthon, a group of dung beetles commonly known as "tumblebugs" for their of rolling into balls. It occurs across a broad geographic range spanning the southern United States through Mexico and Central America into northern South America. The species has been recorded from Texas in the and from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil in the .

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How to pronounce Canthon cyanellus: /ˈkanθɔn saɪəˈnɛləs/

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Distribution

Nearctic: USA (Texas). Neotropical: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil.

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