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Species Strategus cessus

Endented Black Beetle - Strategus cessus Strategus cessus - female Strategus cessus - female Strategus cessus - male Ox Beetle - Strategus cessus - female Ox Beetle - Strategus aloeus or cessus? - Strategus cessus Strategus cessus - male Strategus cessus - male
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 cessus (Strategus cessus)
Explanation of Names
Strategus cessus LeConte 1866
cessus (L). 'stop' (1)
Range
AZ-NM / w. Mex. - Map (2)(3)
Season
July-Sept (BG data)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1866. Additions to Coleopterous Fauna of United States. Number 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19: 361-394.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.A revision of the genus Strategus.
Ratcliffe, B.C. 1976. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 10(3): 93-204.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)