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Melanocanthon
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Melanocanthon

Melanocanthon is a genus of dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 4 described species in Melanocanthon.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Melanocanthon nigricornis

speciesMelanocanthon nigricornis

Melanocanthon bispinatus

speciesMelanocanthon bispinatus

Melanocanthon punctaticollis

speciesMelanocanthon punctaticollis

Melanocanthon granulifer

speciesMelanocanthon granulifer

Melanocanthon vulturnus

speciesMelanocanthon vulturnus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 177101.