Synonymy

• Canthon obscurus Schmidt, 1920: 131 (original combinaion)
• Glaphyrocanthon (Glaphyrocanthon) obscurus (Schmidt): Pereira & Martínez 1956: 126
• Sylvicanthon obscurus (Schmidt): Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 195

Primary references

• Schmidt, A. 1920. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Gattungen Canthon Hffsg., Sybax Boh., Aphodius Ill., Simogenius Har., Ataenius Har. Archiv für Naturgeschichte A 86 (9): 114-147. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cupello, M. & Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. 2018. A monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of ‘Canthon sensu lato’. European Journal of Taxonomy 467: 1–205. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Cupello, M. 2018. The type specimens of South American dung beetles. Part I: On the species described in the genus Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817 by the German entomologist Adolf Schmidt (1856-1923). (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Spixiana 41(1): 33-76 Zobodat full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Schoolmeesters P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]