Canthon

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Tumblebug (Canthon histrio).jpg

| image_caption = Canthon histrio

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Canthon

| authority = Hoffmannsegg 1817Entomologische Bemerkungen bei Gelegenheit der Abhandlungen über amerikanische insekten. JC Hoffmannsegg - Zoologisches Magazin, 1817

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera and species

| subdivision = 3 subgenera

• Boreocanthon
• Canthon
• Glaphyrocanthon

and about 300 species

see text for about 10 selected ones

| synonyms =

• Canthomoechus Pereira & Martinez, 1959
• Coeloscelis Reiche, 1841
• Coprobius Latreille, 1829
• Geocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956
• Glaphyrocanthon Martínez, 1948
• Goniocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956
• Hyboma Laporte, 1840
• Nesocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1956
• Paedohyboma Kolbe, 1893
• Peltecanthon Pereira, 1953
• Petraechma Blanchard, 1843
• Pseudocanthon Bates, 1887
• Trichocanthon Pereira & Martinez, 1959

}}

Canthon, the tumblebugs, is a Nearctic-Neotropical {{Cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1092474|title = Canthon - gbif.org}} genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt |title=ITIS Standard Report - Error |accessdate=2016-07-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312100559/http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt |archivedate=2009-03-12 }}{{Cite web|url=http://nomen.at/Canthon|title = Canthon - Nomen.at - animals and plants}}{{cite web|url=http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-10-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011528/http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/13143053 |archivedate=2015-03-27 }}