Cantao is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae[1][2] and tribe Scutellerini.[3]

Cantao
Cantao ocellatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Scutelleridae
Tribe: Scutellerini
Genus: Cantao
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Species

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Description

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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

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Distributed in Indomalaya, 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

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As of February 2024, BioLib[3] includes:

  1. Cantao africanus Horváth, 1892
  2. Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)
  3. Cantao purpuratus (Westwood, 1837)
  4. Cantao parentum (White, 1839)
  5. Cantao variabilis (Montrouzier, 1855)
  6. † ?Cantao yamanai Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)

References

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  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. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ a b BioLib.cz: genus Cantao Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843