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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae)

Subfamily Dynastinae - Rhinoceros Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
Hemiphileurus illatus Unknown Scarab Beetle - Euetheola rugiceps Beetle ID? - Hemiphileurus illatus Hemiphileurus illatus Eastern Hercules Beetle - Dynastes tityus - male Arizona Beetle - Strategus aloeus - male Female, Dyscinetus laevicollis? - Dyscinetus laevicollis - female Tomarus neglectus? - Ligyrus neglectus
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)
Explanation of Names
Dynastinae MacLeay 1819
Numbers
>2,000 spp. in ~230 genera of 8 tribes worldwide(1)
Identification
see (2)
mandibles expanded, leaflike, usually visible from above, often notched/toothed • labrum hidden beneath clypeus • antennae with 9‒10 segments, last three forming a small club • meso- & metatarsal claws simple, usually similar in size • metatibia with 2 prominent spurs
Key to tribes
Cyclocephalini: unarmed, males typically with large front claws
Pentodontini: unarmed, black/brown, pronotum often with distinct apical depression, metatibial apex truncate
Oryctini: males armed, large
Phileurini: flattened, generally black, head often with horns/tubercles
Dynastini: large, sexual dimorphism obvious
Print References
(3)
Endrödi S. (1985) The Dynastinae of the World. Series Entomologica 28, W. Junk, Dordrecht. 800 pp., 46 plates
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Life
2.The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of the USA and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Brett C. Ratcliffe & Ronald D. Cave. 2017. University of Nebraska State Museum, Vol 30, 298 pp.
3.Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina
Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 7 March, 2005 - 3:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Stephen_WV, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, KenW
Last updated 28 August, 2024 - 6:37pm

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