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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Taxonomy of Genus Oryctes Hellwig, 1798
Coconut rhinoceros beetles, Rhinoceros beetles


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
32
5275
90050
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
4240
75466
Genera
Species
SubfamilyDynastinae
MacLeay, 1819
Horn beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
314
4520
Genera
Species
TribeOryctini
Mulsant, 1842
28
623
Genera
Species
GenusOryctes
Hellwig, 1798
Coconut rhinoceros beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
197Species
Subnodes of Oryctes Hellwig, 1798
SubgenusOryctes (Eremoryctes)
0Species
SubgenusOryctes (Insuloryctes)
0Species
SubgenusOryctes (Oryctes)
Hellwig, 1798
Coconut rhinoceros beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
30Species
SubgenusOryctes (Rykanes)
0Species
SubgenusOryctes (Rykanoryctes)
0Species
SpeciesOryctes acuticollis Sternberg, 1910  ⇒ Oryctes ranavalo
SpeciesOryctes afganicus Endrodi, 1938
SpeciesOryctes afganistanicus Endrodi, 1938
SpeciesOryctes agamemnon Burmeister, 1847
4Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes amberiensis Sternberg, 1910
4Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes anguliceps Fairmaire, 1901
SpeciesOryctes arabicus Petrovitz, 1958  ⇒ Oryctes agamemnon arabicus
1Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes artensis Montrouzier, 1860
SpeciesOryctes ata Semenov & Medvedev, 1932
SpeciesOryctes augias Olivier, 1789
SpeciesOryctes australis Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesOryctes bacchus Burmeister, 1847
SpeciesOryctes barbarossa Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesOryctes bidentatus Prell, 1914
SpeciesOryctes bifoveatus Minck, 1913  ⇒ Oryctes erebus
SpeciesOryctes blucheaui Fairmaire, 1898  ⇒ Oryctes monoceros
SpeciesOryctes boas Fabricius, 1775
African rhinoceros beetle, Coconut beetle
2Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes borbonicus Dechambre, 1982
SpeciesOryctes capucinus Arrow, 1937
SpeciesOryctes caspicus Minck, 1915
SpeciesOryctes centaurus Sternberg, 1910
SpeciesOryctes cephalotes Laboulbene, 1859
SpeciesOryctes cherlonneixi Dechambre, 1996
SpeciesOryctes chersonensis Minck, 1915
SpeciesOryctes chevrolati Guérin-Méneville, 1844
SpeciesOryctes chevrolatii Guéron-Méneville, 1830
SpeciesOryctes clypealis Fairmaire, 1897
SpeciesOryctes colonicus Coquerel, 1852
SpeciesOryctes comoriensis Fairmaire, 1893
2Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes congonis Endrödi, 1969
SpeciesOryctes continuus Minck, 1914  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis grypus
SpeciesOryctes corniculatus Villa, 1833  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis laevigatus
SpeciesOryctes crampeli Fairmaire, 1893  ⇒ Oryctes gigas
SpeciesOryctes cratericollis Fairmaire, 1894  ⇒ Archophanes cratericollis
SpeciesOryctes cristatus Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858  ⇒ Oryctes gigas
SpeciesOryctes curvicornis Sternberg, 1910
SpeciesOryctes desertorum Arrow, 1910  ⇒ Oryctes agamemnon
SpeciesOryctes dollei Fairmaire, 1897
SpeciesOryctes edithae Endrodi, 1938
SpeciesOryctes elegans Prell, 1914
Date palm fruit stalk borer, Persian Date palm trunk borer
SpeciesOryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847
2Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes faunus Billberg, 1820  ⇒ Strategus validus
SpeciesOryctes ferrugineus Thunberg, 1818  ⇒ Oryctes boas
SpeciesOryctes forceps Dechambre, 1980
SpeciesOryctes fossilis Oppenheim, 1888
SpeciesOryctes galapagoensis Waterhouse, 1845
SpeciesOryctes gigas Castelnau, 1840
2Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes gnu Mohnike, 1874
Malaysian rhinoceros beetle
SpeciesOryctes gracilis Prell, 1934
SpeciesOryctes grypus Illiger, 1803
4Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes haworthii Hope, 1831
SpeciesOryctes heros Endrödi, 1973
SpeciesOryctes hindenburgi Minck, 1915
SpeciesOryctes hisamatsui Nagai, 2002
SpeciesOryctes holdhausi Minck, 1914
SpeciesOryctes illigeri Minck, 1915
SpeciesOryctes ingens Kolbe, 1894  ⇒ Oryctes gigas
SpeciesOryctes insularis Coquerel, 1852  ⇒ Oryctes monoceros
SpeciesOryctes kazakorum Medvedev, 1960  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis punctipennis
SpeciesOryctes kuntzeni Minck, 1914
1Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes laevigatus Heer, 1841  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis corniculatus
SpeciesOryctes landbecki Philippi, 1873  ⇒ Allidiostoma landbecki
SpeciesOryctes latecavatus Fairmaire, 1891
SpeciesOryctes latipennis Motschulsky, 1845  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis latipennis
SpeciesOryctes madagascariensis Castelnau, 1840  ⇒ Oryctes augias
SpeciesOryctes mariei Bourgin, 1949
SpeciesOryctes martabani Guérin-Méneville, 1834  ⇒ Trichogomphus martabani
SpeciesOryctes mathiesseni Minck, 1915  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis turkestanicus
1Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes matthiesseni Reitter, 1907
SpeciesOryctes mayottensis Dechambre, 1982
SpeciesOryctes mechowi Quedenfeldt, 1884  ⇒ Oryctes erebus
SpeciesOryctes mediterraneus Minck, 1915  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis kuntzeni
SpeciesOryctes melanops Burmeister, 1847
SpeciesOryctes menalcas Castelnau, 1840
SpeciesOryctes minor Waterhouse, 1876
SpeciesOryctes monardi Beck, 1942
SpeciesOryctes monoceros Olivier, 1789
African rhinoceros beetle, Coconut beetle
2Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes montanus Minck, 1915  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis hindenburgi
SpeciesOryctes montrouzieri Reiche, 1860
SpeciesOryctes mulleranus White, 1859
SpeciesOryctes mullerianus White, 1859
SpeciesOryctes nasutus Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis grypus
SpeciesOryctes nestor Burmeister, 1847  ⇒ Oryctes augias
SpeciesOryctes nitidicollis Solier, 1851
SpeciesOryctes nudicauda Arrow, 1910
SpeciesOryctes obscurus MacLeay, 1873  ⇒ Novapus obscurus
SpeciesOryctes ohausi Minck, 1913
SpeciesOryctes ondrejanus Minck, 1918
SpeciesOryctes orilochus Erichson, 1847  ⇒ Heterogomphus orsilochus
SpeciesOryctes orsilochus Erichson, 1847
SpeciesOryctes owariensis Palisot de Beauvois, 1807  ⇒ Oryctes gigas
1Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes pechueli Kolbe, 1883  ⇒ Oryctes erebus
SpeciesOryctes persicus Endrödi, 1938  ⇒ Oryctes agamemnon
SpeciesOryctes piesbergeni Bodemeyer, 1916
SpeciesOryctes piesbergeri Bodemeyer, 1916  ⇒ Oryctes elegans
SpeciesOryctes pluto Weyenbergh, 1869
SpeciesOryctes politus Fairmaire, 1901
SpeciesOryctes polonicus Minck, 1918
SpeciesOryctes polyphaemus Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858  ⇒ Oryctes gigas
SpeciesOryctes polyphemus Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1858
SpeciesOryctes procerus Minck, 1914  ⇒ Oryctes erebus
SpeciesOryctes progressivus Prell, 1914  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis
SpeciesOryctes proxilus Wollaston, 1864
SpeciesOryctes przevalskii Semenov & S. I. Medvedev, 1932  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis przevalskii
SpeciesOryctes pumilus Minck, 1916  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis turkestanicus
SpeciesOryctes punctipennis Motschulsky, 1860  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis punctipennis
SpeciesOryctes pygmaeus Minck, 1913  ⇒ Oryctes curvicornis
SpeciesOryctes pyrrhus Burmeister, 1847
SpeciesOryctes radama Coquerel, 1852  ⇒ Oryctes pyrrhus
SpeciesOryctes ragusae Riggio, 1882  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis grypus
SpeciesOryctes ranavalo Coquerel, 1852
SpeciesOryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758
Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Coconut beetle
SpeciesOryctes richteri Petrovitz, 1958
SpeciesOryctes sahariensis De Miré, 1960
SpeciesOryctes senegalensis Klug, 1835  ⇒ Oryctes boas
SpeciesOryctes shiraticus Endrodi & Petrovitz, 1974
SpeciesOryctes siculus Kollar, 1836  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis grypus
SpeciesOryctes silenus Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesOryctes simiar Coquerel, 1852
3Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes simus Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis grypus
SpeciesOryctes sinaica Walker, 1871
SpeciesOryctes sinaicus Petrovitz, 1958  ⇒ Oryctes elegans
SpeciesOryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
SpeciesOryctes sjostedti
SpeciesOryctes stentor Castelnau, 1840  ⇒ Oryctes augias
SpeciesOryctes stolzi Minck, 1913
SpeciesOryctes tarandus Olivier, 1789
SpeciesOryctes transcaspicus Endrodi, 1938
SpeciesOryctes trituberculatus Lansberge, 1879  ⇒ Oryctes gnu
SpeciesOryctes truncaticollis Fairmaire, 1894  ⇒ Dinoryctes truncaticollis
SpeciesOryctes tuberculatus Mulsant, 1842  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis laevigatus
SpeciesOryctes turcestanicus Minck, 1914
SpeciesOryctes turkestanicus
1Subspecies
SpeciesOryctes unituberculatus Prell, 1934  ⇒ Oryctes boas
SpeciesOryctes vicinus Gahan, 1900
SpeciesOryctes vinsoni Deyrolle, 1862  ⇒ Oryctes augias
SpeciesOryctes zarudnyi Semenow & Medvedev, 1932  ⇒ Oryctes (Oryctes) nasicornis turkestanicus

Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Oryctes
EnglishCoconut rhinoceros beetles, Rhinoceros beetles
DutchNeushoornkevers


Distribution of Oryctes Hellwig, 1798
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Afghanistan


Albania


Algeria


Angola


Armenia


Australia
3 Species
Austria


Azerbaijan


Bahrain


Bangladesh


Belarus


Belgium


Benin


Bolivia
1 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina


Botswana


Brunei


Bulgaria


Burundi


Cambodia


Cameroon


Canada


Central African Republic


Chad


China
3 Species
Comoros


Croatia


Cyprus


Czech Republic


Democratic Republic of the Congo
10 Species
Denmark


East Timor


Egypt


Equatorial Guinea


Eritrea


Estonia


Ethiopia


Fiji


Finland


France


Gabon


Gambia


Georgia


Germany


Ghana


Greece


Guatemala


Guinea


Guinea-Bissau


Hungary


India
4 Species
Indonesia
7 Species
Iran


Iraq


Ireland


Israel


Italy


Ivory Coast


Japan


Kazakhstan


Kenya
4 Species
Kosovo


Kuwait


Kyrgyzstan


Laos


Latvia


Lebanon


Lesotho


Liberia


Libya


Lithuania


Luxembourg


Madagascar
23 Species
Malawi


Malaysia
3 Species
Maldives


Malta


Mauritius


Mexico
1 Species
Micronesia


Moldova


Montenegro


Morocco


Mozambique


Myanmar


Namibia


Netherlands


Niger


Nigeria


Niue


Norway


Oman


Pakistan


Palau


Palestine


Papua New Guinea


Philippines


Poland


Portugal


Qatar


Republic of the Congo


Republic South Africa
2 Species
Romania


Russia


Rwanda


Samoa


São Tomé and Príncipe


Saudi Arabia


Senegal


Serbia


Seychelles


Sierra Leone


Singapore


Slovakia


Slovenia


Solomon Islands


Somalia


Spain


Sri Lanka


Sudan


Sweden


Switzerland


Syria


Taiwan
4 Species
Tajikistan


Tanzania
6 Species
Thailand
2 Species
Togo


Tonga


Tunisia


Turkey


Turkmenistan


Tuvalu


Uganda


Ukraine


United Arab Emirates


United Kingdom


USA
2 Species
Uzbekistan


Vanuatu


Vietnam
1 Species
Yemen


Zambia


Zimbabwe
2 Species


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