''Canthon angustatus'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

of tumblebug from the

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Canthon ''Canthon'', the tumblebugs, is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Selected species * '' Canthon aberrans'' Harold, 1868 * '' Canthon acutiformis'' Balthasar, 1939 * '' Canthon acutoides'' Schmidt, 1922 ...

''. It occurs across North, Central, and South America, from Mexico to Peru. The species was originally described by

Edgar von Harold Baron Edgar von Harold (30 May 1830 – 1 August 1886) was an influential Scarabaeidae expert and entomologist who was active in the 19th century. Biography Edgar von Harold was born in Munich to a German family with Irish origins. He complet ...

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

Canthon angustatus Harold, 1867 in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2021-06-07.

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* * * * * * Taxa named by Edgar von Harold Deltochilini {{Scarabaeidae-stub