Melanocanthon bispinatus explained

Melanocanthon bispinatus, the tumble bug, is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Melanocanthon bispinatus Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-03.
2. Web site: Melanocanthon bispinatus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-03.
3. Moctezuma V, Sánchez-Huerta JL, Halffter G (2017). "Two new species of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae)". ZooKeys 702: 113-135.