Cantao (bug)

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Genus of true bugs

title: "Cantao (bug)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["scutelleridae", "pentatomomorpha-genera"] description: "Genus of true bugs" topic_path: "general/scutelleridae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantao_(bug)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of true bugs ::

| taxon = Cantao | image = PentatomidWynaad.jpg | image_caption = Cantao ocellatus | authority = Amyot & Serville, 1843 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text

Cantao is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae and tribe Scutellerini.

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.

Distribution

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.

Species

As of February 2024, BioLib 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

References

  1. McDonald, F. J. D.. (1988). "A revision of ''Cantao'' Amyot and Serville (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)". Oriental Insects.
  2. (1991). "Jewel bugs of Taiwan (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)". National Chung Hsing University.
  3. [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id899899/ BioLib.cz]: genus ''Cantao'' Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843

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