Xyloryctes

Xyloryctes
Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
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][4]

Xyloryctes jamaicensis

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Xyloryctes:

  • Xyloryctes corniger Bates, 1888 c g
  • Xyloryctes ensifer Bates, 1888 i c g
  • Xyloryctes faunus Casey, 1895 c g
  • Xyloryctes furcatus Burmeister, 1847 c g
  • Xyloryctes guatemalensis Bitar & Delgado, 2009 c g
  • Xyloryctes howdenorum Delgado & Najera, 1992 c g
  • Xyloryctes jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) i c g b (rhinoceros beetle)
  • Xyloryctes lobicollis Bates, 1888 c g
  • Xyloryctes orientalis Bitar & Morón, 2014 c g
  • Xyloryctes splendidus Prell, 1914 c g
  • Xyloryctes telephus Burmeister, 1847 i c g
  • Xyloryctes teuthras Bates, 1888 c g
  • Xyloryctes thestalus BATES, 1888 i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Xyloryctes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Xyloryctes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. 1 2 "Xyloryctes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. 1 2 "Xyloryctes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
  • Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  • Media related to Xyloryctes at Wikimedia Commons


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