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, BioLibBioLib.cz: genus Cantao Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 includes: Cantao africanus Horváth, 1892 Cantao ocellatus (Thunberg, 1784) Cantao purpuratus (Westwood, 1837) Cantao parentum (White, 1839) Cantao variabilis (Montrouzier, 1855) † ?Cantao yamanai Fujiyama, 1967 (fossil)
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