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

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.

Species

Currently (2022), BioLib[2] includes:

  1. Oryctes agamemnon Burmeister, 1847
  2. Oryctes amberiensis Sternberg, 1910
  3. Oryctes anguliceps Fairmaire, 1901
  4. Oryctes ata Semenov & Medvedev, 1932
  5. Oryctes augias (Olivier, 1789)
  6. Oryctes boas (Fabricius, 1775)
  7. Oryctes borbonicus Dechambre, 1986
  8. Oryctes capucinus Arrow, 1937
  9. Oryctes centaurus Sternberg, 1910
  10. Oryctes cherlonneixi Dechambre, 1996
  11. Oryctes chevrolatii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  12. Oryctes clypealis Fairmaire, 1897
  13. Oryctes colonicus Coquerel, 1852
  14. Oryctes comoriensis Fairmaire, 1893
  15. Oryctes congonis Endrödi, 1969
  16. Oryctes curvicornis Sternberg, 1910
  17. Oryctes dollei Fairmaire, 1897
  18. Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914
  19. Oryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847
  20. Oryctes forceps Dechambre, 1980
  21. Oryctes gigas Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  22. Oryctes gnu (Mohnike, 1874) - Malaysian Rhinoceros Beetle
  23. Oryctes gracilis Prell, 1934
  24. Oryctes heros Endrödi, 1973
  25. Oryctes hisamatsui Nagai, 2002
  26. Oryctes latecavatus Fairmaire, 1891
  27. Oryctes mayottensis Dechambre, 1982
  28. Oryctes minor Waterhouse, 1876
  29. Oryctes monardi Beck, 1942
  30. Oryctes monoceros (Olivier, 1789)
  31. Oryctes nasicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Scarabaeus nasicornis L.: the European rhinoceros beetle)
  32. Oryctes nudicauda Arrow, 1910
  33. Oryctes ohausi Minck, 1913
  34. Oryctes owariensis Beavois, 1807
  35. Oryctes politus Fairmaire, 1901
  36. Oryctes prolixus Wollaston, 1864
  37. Oryctes pyrrhus Burmeister, 1847
  38. Oryctes ranavalo Coquerel, 1852
  39. Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) - Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle, Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
  40. Oryctes richteri Petrovitz, 1958
  41. Oryctes sahariensis de Miré, 1960
  42. Oryctes simiar Coquerel, 1852
  43. Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
  44. Oryctes tarandus (Olivier, 1789)
  45. 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
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