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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Oryctini » Ox Beetles (Strategus) » Strategus antaeus

Species Strategus antaeus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

S. antaeus or aloeus? - Strategus antaeus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Tribe Oryctini

Genus Strategus (Ox Beetles)

Species antaeus (Strategus antaeus)

Other Common Names

Ox Beetle

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Strategus antaeus (Drury, 1773) (Scarabaeus)

Scarabaeus maimon Fabricius, 1775

Strategus atrolucens Casey, 1915

Strategus divergens Casey, 1915

Strategus pinorum Casey, 1915

Strategus semistriatus Casey, 1915

Strategus septentrionis Casey, 1915

Strategus sinuatus Casey, 1915

Strategus houstonensis Knaus, 1925

Size

18-41 mm

Identification

Elytra without sutural striae. Male often has long posterior horns.

Range

Eastern United States: Connecticut south to Florida, west to Illinois, Oklahoma.

Habitat

Typically sandy areas.

Season

Reported January, April-October in South Carolina and January, March, May-September in North Carolina.

Food

Adults said to be chafers, feeding on grasses, leaves, fruits.

Life Cycle

Eggs laid in burrow in ground. Larvae feed on roots.

See Also

Other Strategus

Print References

Harpootlian, p. 113, fig. 226 (1)

Dillon, p. 550, plate LV (2)

Brimley, p. 207 (3)

Internet References

Clemson University

Beetle Experience

Works Cited

1.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina By Phillip J. Harpootlian

2.	A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence

3.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 June, 2005 - 3:41am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 21 July, 2005 - 12:29pm

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