Xyloryctes

Xyloryctes
Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Scientific classification
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.

Xyloryctes jamaicensis

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

Further reading

• Hardy, A. (1991). "Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae" (PDF). A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
• 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)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.

External links

• Media related to Xyloryctes at Wikimedia Commons