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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » 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 · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
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)
Orig. Comb: Scarabaeus antaeus Drury, 1773
Size
18-41 mm (1)
Identification
Elytra without sutural striae. Male often has long posterior horns.
The absence of a sutural stria will easily separate S. antaeus from all other species in the genus. Strategus antaeus is somewhat variable with regard to shape, size, and color. Specimens from the southern part of the range are generally darker and larger than those from the northern part of the range. (1)
Range
se US, plus n. Atlantic Seaboard to Mass. - Map (1)(2)
Habitat
Typically sandy areas, e.g. coastal plains
Season
mostly: May-Sept, yr. round in FL (BG data)
Food
Adults said to be chafers, feeding on grasses, leaves, fruits.
Life Cycle
Eggs laid in burrow in ground. Larvae feed on roots.
Remarks
Type locality: originally published as Jamaica but probably Jamaica, New York. (1)
See Also
Ritcher's (1966) key to separating larvae:
Claws bearing 2 setae (Fig. 332) --- Dynastes
Claws bearing 3 or 4 setae (Figs. 333 and 334) --- Strategus (3)
Print References
Drury, Dru. 1773. Illustrations of natural history... Vol. 2. London. 90 pp., 50 plates.
Harpootlian, p. 113, fig. 226 (4)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the genus Strategus.
Ratcliffe, B.C. 1976. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 10(3): 93-204.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae
Paul O. Ritcher. 1966. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. 219 pp.
4.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 June, 2005 - 3:41am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 September, 2019 - 11:44am

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