Canthophorus
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| Canthophorus | |
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| Canthophorus melanopterus, Ukraine | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Cydnidae |
| Subfamily: | Sehirinae |
| Genus: | Canthophorus Mulsant & Rey, 1866 |
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Canthophorus is a genus of burrowing bugs in the family Cydnidae. There are about eight described species in Canthophorus.[1][2][3]
Species of this genus were formerly considered to be members of the genus Sehirus.[1][2]