Oryctini is a tribe of beetles in the
Dynastinae
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over 1 ...
(family
Scarabaeidae
The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...
).
[Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys, vol. 88'', 1-972.]
This tribe perhaps best describes the term "rhinoceros beetles" and includes important pest species in the
type genus
In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name.
Zoological nomenclature
According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nominal ...
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Oryctes
''Oryctes'' 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, 42 species are in the genus, including:
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''. However, the name may also be applied to genera in the
Phileurini and related
tribes
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.
Genera
The following are included by ''BioLib'':
[BioLib.cz]
tribus Oryctini Mulsant, 1842 (retrieved 18 November 2021)
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Anomacaulus''
Fairmaire, 1878
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Blabephorus''
Fairmaire, 1898
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Calypsoryctes''
Howden, 1970
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Ceratoryctoderus''
Arrow, 1908
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Coelosis''
Hope, 1837
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Clyster''
Arrow, 1908
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Cyphonistes''
Burmeister, 1847
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Dichodontus''
Burmeister, 1847
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Dinoryctes''
Felsche, 1906
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Enema
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Hope, 1837
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Gibboryctes''
Endrödi, 1974
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Heterogomphus''
Burmeister, 1847
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Hispanioryctes''
Howden & Endrödy-Younga, 1978
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Hoploryctoderus''
Prell, 1933
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Irazua''
Ratcliffe, 2003
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Licnostrategus''
Prell, 1933
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Megaceras''
Hope, 1837
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Megaceropsis''
Dechambre, 1976
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Oryctes
''Oryctes'' 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, 42 species are in the genus, including:
* ' ...
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Hellwig, 1798
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Podischnus''
Burmeister, 1847
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Scapanes''
Burmeister, 1847
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Strategus
''Strategos'', plural ''strategoi'', Latinized ''strategus'', ( el, στρατηγός, pl. στρατηγοί; Doric Greek: στραταγός, ''stratagos''; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general. In the Hellenis ...
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Kirby, 1828
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Talautoclyster''
Yamaya, 2001
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Tehuacania''
Endrödi, 1975
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Trichogomphus''
Burmeister, 1847
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Xenodorus''
Brême, 1844
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Xyloryctes''
Hope, 1837
References
External links
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Beetle tribes
Dynastinae