Oryctes

Oryctes[1] is the most economically important genus of rhinoceros beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae (family: Scarabaeidae), since it includes a notorious insect pest of palms.

Oryctes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Oryctini
Genus: Oryctes
Hellwig, 1798

Species

Currently, 42 species are in the genus,[2] including:

  • Oryctes agamemnon Burmeister, 1847
  • Oryctes amberiensis Sternberg, 1910
  • Oryctes anguliceps Fairmaire, 1901
  • Oryctes ata Semenov & Medvedev, 1932
  • Oryctes augias (Olivier, 1789)
  • Oryctes boas (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Oryctes borbonicus Dechambre, 1986
  • Oryctes capucinus Arrow, 1937
  • Oryctes centaurus Sternberg, 1910
  • Oryctes cherlonneixi Dechambre, 1996
  • Oryctes chevrolatii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Oryctes colonicus Coquerel, 1852
  • Oryctes comoriensis Fairmaire, 1893
  • Oryctes congonis Endrödi, 1969
  • Oryctes curvicornis Sternberg, 1910
  • Oryctes dollei Fairmaire, 1897
  • Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914
  • Oryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847
  • Oryctes forceps Dechambre, 1980
  • Oryctes gigas Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Oryctes gnu Mohnike, 1874 - Malaysian rhinoceros beetle
  • Oryctes gracilis Prell, 1934
  • Oryctes heros Endrödi, 1973
  • Oryctes hisamatsui Nagai, 2002
  • Oryctes latecavatus Fairmaire, 1891
  • Oryctes mayottensis Dechambre, 1982
  • Oryctes minor Waterhouse, 1876
  • Oryctes monardi Beck, 1942
  • Oryctes monoceros (Olivier, 1789) - African rhinoceros beetle
  • Oryctes nasicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Scarabaeus nasicornis L.: the European rhinoceros beetle)
  • Oryctes nudicauda Arrow, 1910
  • Oryctes ohausi Minck, 1913
  • Oryctes owariensis Beavois, 1807
  • Oryctes politus Fairmaire, 1901
  • Oryctes proxilus Wollaston 1864
  • Oryctes pyrrhus Burmeister, 1847
  • Oryctes ranavalo Coquerel, 1852
  • Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) - Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
  • Oryctes richteri Petrovitz, 1958
  • Oryctes sahariensis de Miré, 1960
  • Oryctes simiar Coquerel, 1852
  • Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
  • Oryctes tarandus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Oryctes vicinus Gahan, 1900

References

  1. Hellwig JCL (1798) Ankündigungen neuer Bücher. Intelligenzblatt der Allgemeinen Literatur-Zeitung jahrg. 1798(13): 100-101.
  2. Biolib.cz genus Oryctes Illiger, 1798
  • Media related to Oryctes at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Oryctes at Wikispecies
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