Cantao (bug)


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 has been reported from tropical Africa. A fossil species 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
  3. Cantao purpuratus
  4. Cantao parentum
  5. Cantao variabilis
  6. † ?Cantao yamanai Fujiyama, 1967