''Xylotrupes'' is a genus of

rhinoceros beetles 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 ...

, with more than 25 species and subspecies distributed worldwide, but especially in Asia.

Species

* '' Xylotrupes australicus'' J. Thomson, 1859 -

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

* '' Xylotrupes baumeisteri'' Schaufuss, 1885 -

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

, status unclear * '' Xylotrupes beckeri'' Schaufuss, 1885 -

West Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

* '' Xylotrupes carinulus'' Rowland, 2011 -

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

Aru Islands Regency The Aru Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also forms a regency of Maluku Province, with a land area of . At the 2011 Census the Regency had a po ...

* '' Xylotrupes clinias'' Schaufuss, 1885 -

Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...

* '' Xylotrupes damarensis'' Rowland, 2006 -

Tanimbar Islands The Tanimbar Islands, also called ''Timur Laut'', are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku (province), Maluku Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to t ...

* '' Xylotrupes faber'' Silvestre, 2002 -

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

* '' Xylotrupes falcatus'' Minck, 1920 -

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

* '' Xylotrupes florensis'' Lansberge, 1879 - lesser

Sunda islands The Sunda Islands ( id, Kepulauan Sunda) are a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago.Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sunda Islands" . ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. They consist of the Greater Sunda ...

(= ''Endebius florensis''),

Flores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and th ...

Timor Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is East Timor–Indonesia border, divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western p ...

and

Wetar Wetar is a tropical island which belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Maluku Barat Daya Islands (literally ''Southwest Islands'') of the Maluku Islands. It lies east of the Lesser Sunda Islands, which in ...

* '' Xylotrupes gideon'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

, 1767) - widespread * '' Xylotrupes gilleti'' -

Tanimbar islands The Tanimbar Islands, also called ''Timur Laut'', are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku (province), Maluku Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to t ...

* '' Xylotrupes inarmatus'' Sternberg, 1906 -

* '' 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 (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

* '' Xylotrupes meridionalis'' Prell, 1914 -

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

* ('' Xylotrupes mindanaoensis'' Schultze, 1920) - should probably be placed in the genus '' Allomyrina'' * '' Xylotrupes mniszechi'' J. Thomson, 1859 -

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

* '' Xylotrupes oudomxayicus'' Li, 2016 -

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

* '' Xylotrupes pachycera'' Rowland, 2006 -

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

* '' Xylotrupes pauliani'' Silvestre, 1997 - Sumatra and

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

* '' Xylotrupes philippinensis'' Endrödi, 1957 -

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

& Lanyu, Taiwan * '' Xylotrupes pubescens'' Waterhouse, 1841 – Philippines * '' Xylotrupes reductus'' Walker, 1859 -

* '' Xylotrupes rindaae'' Fujii, 2011 - Indonesia * '' Xylotrupes siamensis'' Minck, 1920 - SE-Asia * ''

Xylotrupes socrates ''Xylotrupes socrates'', commonly known as the Siamese rhinoceros beetle or fighting beetle ( th, กว่างชน), is a species of large Scarabaeidae, scarab beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae. It is particularly known for its r ...

'' 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

* '' Xylotrupes tadoana'' Rowland, 2006 -

* '' 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 50,000 square km. History The first inhabitants o ...

* '' Xylotrupes wiltrudae'' Silvestre, 1997 - Borneo

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1935578 Dynastinae