Cantao (bug)

Cantao is a genus of true bugs in family Scutelleridae and tribe Scutellerini.

Description
Body elongate oval; head elongate, with nearly straight and carinate lateral margins; pronotum with posterolateral angles produced at base of scutellum; scutellum with a pair of deep foveae basally; peritreme large, occupying most of metapleurite, evaporatorium reduced.

Distribution
Distributed in Indomalaya, Wallacea, New Guinea and Australia. A doubtful species (Cantao africanus) has been reported from tropical Africa. A fossil species (tentatively placed into Cantao) was described from the middle Miocene of Tottori Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Species
As of February 2024, BioLib includes:
 * 1) Cantao africanus Horváth, 1892
 * 2) Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784)
 * 3) Cantao purpuratus (Westwood, 1837)
 * 4) Cantao parentum (White, 1839)
 * 5) Cantao variabilis (Montrouzier, 1855)
 * 6) † ?Cantao yamanai Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)