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Tribe Oryctini

beetle - Orizabus clunalis? - Xyloryctes thestalus

Rhinoceros beetle Xyloryctes - Xyloryctes jamaicensis

Female, Xyloryctes thestalus? - Xyloryctes thestalus - female

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

Explanation of Names

Oryctini Mulsant 1842

Identification

Larvae: Claws with 2 setae ⇒ Dynastes, with 3‒4 setae ⇒ Strategus(1)

Range

e. & so.US

Food

Wood

Works Cited

1.	White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae Paul O. Ritcher. 1966. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. 219 pp.

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 6:57am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, v belov
Last updated 7 November, 2023 - 12:43pm

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