Oryctini

Oryctini[2] is a tribe of beetles in the Dynastinae (family Scarabaeidae).[3]

Oryctini
Oryctes nasicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Oryctini
Mulsant, 1842
Synonyms
  • Megaceridae HCC Burmeister, 1847
  • Megacerini Burmeister, 1847
  • Oryctésaires Mulsant, 1842
  • Strategidae HCC Burmeister, 1847
  • Strategini Burmeister, 1847[1]

This tribe perhaps best describes the term "rhinoceros beetles" and includes important pest species in the type genus Oryctes. However, the name may also be applied to genera in the Phileurini and related tribes.

Genera

The following are included by BioLib:[1]

  1. Anomacaulus Fairmaire, 1878
  2. Blabephorus Fairmaire, 1898
  3. Calypsoryctes Howden, 1970
  4. Ceratoryctoderus Arrow, 1908
  5. Coelosis Hope, 1837
  6. Clyster Arrow, 1908
  7. Cyphonistes Burmeister, 1847
  8. Dichodontus Burmeister, 1847
  9. Dinoryctes Felsche, 1906
  10. Enema Hope, 1837
  11. Gibboryctes Endrödi, 1974
  12. Heterogomphus Burmeister, 1847
  13. Hispanioryctes Howden & Endrödy-Younga, 1978
  14. Hoploryctoderus Prell, 1933
  15. Irazua Ratcliffe, 2003
  16. Licnostrategus Prell, 1933
  17. Megaceras Hope, 1837
  18. Megaceropsis Dechambre, 1976
  19. Oryctes Hellwig, 1798
  20. Podischnus Burmeister, 1847
  21. Scapanes Burmeister, 1847
  22. Strategus Kirby, 1828
  23. Talautoclyster Yamaya, 2001
  24. Tehuacania Endrödi, 1975
  25. Trichogomphus Burmeister, 1847
  26. Xenodorus Brême, 1844
  27. Xyloryctes Hope, 1837

References
  1. BioLib.cz: tribus Oryctini Mulsant, 1842 (retrieved 18 November 2021)
  2. Mulsant E (1842) Histoire naturelle des coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris: Maison Libraire, Lyon: Imprimerie de Dumoulin, Ronet et Sibuet, viii + 626 pp., 3 pls. (original description: p. 372).
  3. Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1-972.
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