Cantao (bug)

Cantao is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae.[1][2]

Cantao
Cantao ocellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Infraorder:
Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea
Family:
Scutelleridae
Subfamily:
Scutellerinae
Tribe:
Scutellerini
Genus:
Cantao

Amyot & Serville, 1843
Species

see text

Description

Body elongate oval; head elongate, with nearly straight and carinate lateral margins; pronotum with posterolateral angles produced at base of scutellum; scutellum with a pair of deep foveae basally; peritreme large, occupying most of metapleurite, evaporatorium reduced.[2]

Distribution

Distributed in the Indomalaya, the Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia. A doubtful species (Cantao africanus) has been reported from tropical Africa. A fossil species (tentatively placed into Cantao) was described from the middle Miocene of Tottori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.[2]

Species
  • Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)
  • Cantao variabilis (Montrouzier, 1855)
  • Cantao purpuratus (Westwood, 1837)
  • Cantao parentum (White, 1839)
  • Cantao africanus Horváth, 1892
  • † ?Cantao yamanai Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)

References
  1. McDonald, F. J. D. (1988). "A revision of Cantao Amyot and Serville (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)". Oriental Insects. 22: 287–299. doi:10.1080/00305316.1988.11835493.
  2. Jing-Fu Tsai; Dávid Rédei; Geng-Fang Yeh & Man-Miao Yang (1991). Jewel bugs of Taiwan (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). National Chung Hsing University. p. 309. ISBN 978-9-8602-8723-3. OCLC 799436034.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.