Biology:Xyloryctes
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Xyloryctes | |
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| Xyloryctes jamaicensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Oryctini |
| Genus: | Xyloryctes Hope, 1837 |
Xyloryctes is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 13 described species in Xyloryctes.[1][2][3]
Species
These 13 species belong to the genus Xyloryctes:
- Xyloryctes corniger Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes ensifer Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes faunus Casey, 1895
- Xyloryctes furcatus Burmeister, 1847
- Xyloryctes guatemalensis Bitar & Delgado, 2009
- Xyloryctes howdenorum Delgado & Najera, 1992
- Xyloryctes jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (rhinoceros beetle)
- Xyloryctes lobicollis Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes orientalis Bitar & Morón, 2014
- Xyloryctes splendidus Prell, 1914
- Xyloryctes telephus Burmeister, 1847
- Xyloryctes teuthras Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes thestalus BATES, 1888
References
Further reading
- Hardy, A. (1991). "Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. http://entomology.si.edu/coleoptera/ColeopteraCatalog/Scarabaeidae_Rutelinae&Dynastinae_529-34b.pdf.
- Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". http://coleoptera.org/p735.htm.
- Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html.
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. 2006. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14872407 entry
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