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    Golofa

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    Golofa
    Golofa claviger
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
    Family: Scarabaeidae
    Tribe: Dynastini
    Genus: Golofa
    Hope, 1837
    Synonyms
    • Asseroder Maunders, 1848
    • Mixigenus Thomson, 1859
    • Praogolofa Bates, 1892

    Golofa is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name Golofa is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following ICZN Article 30.2.3.[1]

    Description[edit]

    Golofa are large scarabs, and the males typically have a single horn on the head and another horn centrally on the prothorax; the horns are often elongate, and often curve towards each other.

    Species[edit]

    • Golofa aegeon (Drury, 1773)
    • Golofa antiquus Arrow, 1911
    • Golofa argentina Arrow, 1911
    • Golofa claviger (Linnaeus, 1771)
    • Golofa cochlearis Ohaus, 1910
    • Golofa costaricensis Bates, 1888
    • Golofa eacus Burmeister, 1847
    • Golofa gaujoni Lachaume, 1985
    • Golofa globulicornis Dechambre, 1975
    • Golofa hirsutus Ratcliffe, 2003
    • Golofa imbellis Bates, 1888
    • Golofa imperialis Thomson, 1858
    • Golofa incas Hope, 1837
    • Golofa inermis Thomson, 1859
    • Golofa minutus
    • Golofa obliquicornis Dechambre, 1975
    • Golofa paradoxus Dechambre, 1975
    • Golofa pelagon Burmeister, 1847
    • Golofa pizarro Hope, 1837
    • Golofa porteri Hope, 1837
    • Golofa pusillus Arrow, 1911
    • Golofa solisi Ratcliffe, 2003
    • Golofa spatha Dechambre, 1989
    • Golofa tepaneneca Morón, 1995[2]
    • Golofa tersander (Burmeister, 1847)
    • Golofa testudinarius Prell, 1934
    • Golofa unicolor (Bates, 1891)
    • Golofa xiximeca Morón, 1995[2]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Hope, F.W. 1837. On the Golofa Beetle of Venezuela and its allied species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2(1): 42–45.
    2. ^ a b Morón, Miguel Angel (1995). "Review of the Mexican Species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 49 (4): 343–386. JSTOR 4009183.

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