''Xylotrupes'' is a genus of
rhinoceros beetles, with more than 25 species and subspecies distributed worldwide, but especially in Asia.
Species
* ''
Xylotrupes australicus''
J. Thomson, 1859 -
Australia
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* ''
Xylotrupes baumeisteri''
Schaufuss, 1885 -
Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...
, status unclear
* ''
Xylotrupes beckeri''
Schaufuss, 1885 -
West Malaysia,
Sumatra
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* ''
Xylotrupes carinulus''
Rowland, 2011 -
New Guinea
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,
Aru Islands Regency
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* ''
Xylotrupes clinias''
Schaufuss, 1885 -
Sulawesi
Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...
,
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands ( ; , ) or the Moluccas ( ; ) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonics, Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located in West ...
* ''
Xylotrupes damarensis''
Rowland, 2006 -
Tanimbar Islands
The Tanimbar Islands (; ), also called ''Timur Laut'' (literally, "North East"; ), are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to the sout ...
* ''
Xylotrupes faber''
Silvestre, 2002 -
Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
* ''
Xylotrupes falcatus''
Minck, 1920 -
Indonesia
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* ''
Xylotrupes florensis''
Lansberge, 1879 - lesser
Sunda islands
The Sunda Islands (; Tetun: ''Illa Sunda'') are a group of islands in the Indonesian Archipelago. They consist of the Greater Sunda Islands and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Etymology
"Sunda" denotes the continental shelves or landmasses: the Sun ...
(= ''Endebius florensis''),
Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Administratively, it forms the largest island in the East Nusa Tenggara Province. The area is 14,250 km2. Including Komodo and Rinca islands ...
,
Timor
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and
Wetar
* ''
Xylotrupes gideon''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1767) - widespread
* ''
Xylotrupes gilleti'' -
Tanimbar islands
The Tanimbar Islands (; ), also called ''Timur Laut'' (literally, "North East"; ), are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to the sout ...
* ''
Xylotrupes inarmatus''
Sternberg, 1906 -
Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...
* ''
Xylotrupes introduce''
Li, 2016 - lesser Sunda islands
* ''
Xylotrupes lorquini''
Schaufuss, 1885 - Sulawesi
* ''
Xylotrupes lumawigi''
Silvestre, 2002 - Philippines
* ''
Xylotrupes macleayi''
Montrouzier, 1855 - New Guinea &
Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...
* ''
Xylotrupes meridionalis''
Prell, 1914 -
Sri Lanka
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* (''
Xylotrupes mindanaoensis''
Schultze, 1920) - should probably be placed in the genus ''
Allomyrina''
* ''
Xylotrupes mniszechi''
J. Thomson, 1859 -
Himalayas
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* ''
Xylotrupes oudomxayicus''
Li, 2016 -
Laos
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* ''
Xylotrupes pachycera''
Rowland, 2006 -
Borneo
Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...
* ''
Xylotrupes pauliani''
Silvestre, 1997 - Sumatra and
West Malaysia Pahang
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* ''
Xylotrupes philippinensis''
Endrödi, 1957 -
Philippines
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& Lanyu, Taiwan
* ''
Xylotrupes pubescens''
Waterhouse, 1841 – Philippines
* ''
Xylotrupes reductus''
Walker, 1859 -
Sri Lanka
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* ''
Xylotrupes rindaae''
Fujii, 2011 - Indonesia
* ''
Xylotrupes siamensis''
Minck, 1920 - SE-Asia
* ''
Xylotrupes socrates''
Schaufuss, 1864 - Vietnam, Thailand
* (''
Xylotrupes solidipes''
Walker, 1859) - should probably be placed in the genus ''
Dipelicus'' (
Pentodontini)
* ''
Xylotrupes striatopunctatus''
Silvestre, 2003 - Maluku Islands
* ''
Xylotrupes sumatrensis''
Minck, 1920 - Sumatra and
West Malaysia
* ''
Xylotrupes tadoana''
Rowland, 2006 -
Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Administratively, it forms the largest island in the East Nusa Tenggara Province. The area is 14,250 km2. Including Komodo and Rinca islands ...
* ''
Xylotrupes taprobanus''
Prell, 1914 - India, Sri Lanka
* ''
Xylotrupes telemachos''
Rowland, 2003 - Maluku Islands
* ''
Xylotrupes ulysses''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1830) -
Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean and is part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. Its area is about .
History
The first inhabitants of the archipela ...
* ''
Xylotrupes wiltrudae''
Silvestre, 1997 - Borneo
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1935578
Dynastinae
Taxa named by Frederick William Hope
Scarabaeidae genera