''Cantao'' is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae.

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 Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. A doubtful species ('' Cantao africanus'') has been reported from tropical Africa. A fossil species (tentatively placed into ''Cantao'') was described from the middle Miocene of Tottori Prefecture, Honshu,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

Species

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Cantao ocellatus ''Cantao ocellatus'' is a species of shield bug in the family Scutelleridae found across Asia. Reddish or ochre in overall colour it has dark legs and bluish black antennae. A dark bluish black stripe is present along the central line of the he ...

'' (Thunberg, 1784) * '' Cantao variabilis'' (Montrouzier, 1855) * '' Cantao purpuratus'' (Westwood, 1837) * ''

Cantao parentum Cantao may refer to: * Cantão, a Brazilian forest ecosystem * ''Cantao'', a genus of bugs in the family Scutelleridae * Cantão State Park The Cantão State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual do Cantão) is a state park in the state of Tocantins, Brazil. ...

'' (White, 1839) * '' Cantao africanus'' Horváth, 1892 * † ?'' Cantao yamanai'' Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)

References

Scutelleridae Pentatomomorpha genera {{Pentatomoidea-stub