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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 » Rhinoceros Beetles (Xyloryctes) » Xyloryctes thestalus

Species Xyloryctes thestalus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References
Big horned scarab - Xyloryctes thestalus - male Big horned scarab - Xyloryctes thestalus - male Rhinoceros Beetle - Xyloryctes thestalus Which Rhinocerus Beetle ? - Xyloryctes thestalus Which Black Beetle ? - Xyloryctes thestalus Which Black Beetle ? - Xyloryctes thestalus Xyloryctes jamaicensis - Xyloryctes thestalus - female Unidentified Beetle - Xyloryctes thestalus
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 Xyloryctes (Rhinoceros Beetles)
Species thestalus (Xyloryctes thestalus)
Explanation of Names
Author: Bates, 1888
Range
Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico.
Internet References
Ratcliffe, Brett C. 2009. Xyloryctes Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) in the United States. Qui es et ubi fuisti et quo vadis? Insecta Mundi 0100: 1-11
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 October, 2009 - 12:24pm

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