Oryctes

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Oryctes
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Oryctini
Genus: Oryctes
Hellwig, 1798

Oryctes[1] is the most economically important genus of rhinoceros beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae (family: Scarabaeidae), since it includes a notorious insect pest of palms.

Species

Currently, 42 species are in the genus,[2] including:

References

  1. ^ Hellwig JCL (1798) Ankündigungen neuer Bücher. Intelligenzblatt der Allgemeinen Literatur-Zeitung jahrg. 1798(13): 100-101.
  2. ^ Biolib.cz genus Oryctes Illiger, 1798

External links

  • Media related to Oryctes at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Oryctes at WikispeciesError: "Q1952376" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.