Melanocanthon bispinatus

Melanocanthon bispinatus, the tumble bug, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3]

Melanocanthon bispinatus
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M. bispinatus
Binomial name
Melanocanthon bispinatus
(Robinson, 1941)

References

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  1. ^ "Melanocanthon bispinatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Melanocanthon bispinatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ Moctezuma V, Sánchez-Huerta JL, Halffter G (2017). "Two new species of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys 702: 113-135.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.