Canthon mutabilis Lucas, 1857

Taboada-Verona, Carlos, Sermeño-Correa, Carlos, Sierra-Serrano, Oscar & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2019, Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia, Check List 15 (4), pp. 579-594 : 586

Canthon mutabilis Lucas, 1857

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Geographic distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela ( Solís and Kohlmann 2002). In Colombia: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Sucre, and Valle del Cauca ( Noriega 2004, Navarro et al. 2011, Noriega et al. 2013, Molina et al. 2016).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/23, MZUSU E02581-90 (10, sex undetermined), MZUSU E02660-62 (72, sex undetermined).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other species of the genus Canthon by its black tegument and the yellow elytra with a black transversal strip located on posterior half.