Cantao (genus)

Cantao
Cantao ocellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Scutelleridae
Subfamily: Scutellerinae
Tribe: Scutellerini
Genus: Cantao
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Species
  • Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)[1]
  • Cantao parentum (White)
  • Cantao pupuratus (Westwood)
  • Cantao variabilis Montrouzier

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

References

  1. Leong, Tzi Ming, and Lee, Benjamin P. Y-H. (2012). "Records and natural history of the ocellated shield bug, ‘’Cantao ocellatus’’ (Thunberg) in Singapore, with observations on egg guarding, hatching, parasitoids, moulting, feeding, and mating (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae: Scutellerinae)". Nature in Singapore 5: 249–262. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
  2. McDonald, F. J. D. (1988). "A revision of Cantao Amyot and Serville (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)". Oriental Insects 22: 287–299.