Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: E. A. Chapin. 1934. A new genus and species of dung-inhabiting Scarabaeidae from Puerto Rico, with notes on the Coprinae of the Greater Antilles (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 47:99-102

Parent taxon: Scarabaeinae according to S. Tarasov and D. Dimitrov 2016

See also Tarasov et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Anachalcos, Ateuchini, Coprini, Deltochilini, Gymnopleurini, Heliocopris, Metacatharsius, Oniticellini, Onitini, Onthophagini, Onthophagus spitsbergeniensis, Phanaeini, Scarabaeini

Subtaxa: Canthochilum alleni Canthochilum philipsivieorum

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (CEMT coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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