Oryctes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Oryctini
Genus: Oryctes
Subgenera: Dimyxus – Eremoryctes – Insuloryctes – Rykanes – Rykanoryctes

Species (45 + 1†): O. agamemnon – O. amberiensis – O. anguliceps – O. ata – O. augias – O. boas – O. borbonicus – O. capucinus – O. centaurus – O. cherlonneixi – O. chevrolati – O. clypealis – O. colonicus – O. comoriensis – O. congonis – O. curvicornis – O. dollei – O. elegans – O. erebus – O. forceps – †O. fossilis – O. gigas – O. gnu – O. gracilis – O. heros – O. hisamatsui – O. latecavatus – O. mayottensis – O. minor – O. monardi – O. monoceros – O. nasicornis – O. nudicauda – O. ohausi – O. owariensis – O. politus – O. prolixus – O. pyrrhus – O. ranavalo – O. rhinoceros – O. richteri – O. sahariensis – O. simiar – O. sjoestedti – O. tarandus – O. vicinus

Oryctes (s. str.) species (2 + 1†): †O. fossilis – O. nasicornis – O. prolixus
Name

Oryctes Hellwig, 1798: 100

Type species: Scarabaeus nasicornis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation by Latreille 1810: 428 BHL

References
Primary references

Hellwig, J.C.L. 1798. [without title; book preview]. Intelligenzblatt der Allgemeinen Literatur-Zeitung 1798 (13): 100–101. [original description: p. 100]

Additional references

Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Krell, F.-T. 2011: Change of authorship of Aphodius and Oryctes to Hellwig, 1798 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa, 3060: 67–68. Preview PDF
Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des animaux composant les classes des crustacés, des arachnides, et des insectes : avec un tableau méthodique de leurs genres, disposés en familles. Paris: Schoell, 444 pp. BHL Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on Jun 16, 2017]

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:

Oryctes agamemnon Burmeister, 1847
Oryctes amberiensis Sternberg, 1910
Oryctes anguliceps Fairmaire, 1901
Oryctes ata Semenov & Medvedev, 1932
Oryctes augias (Olivier, 1789)
Oryctes boas (Fabricius, 1775)
Oryctes borbonicus Dechambre, 1986
Oryctes capucinus Arrow, 1937
Oryctes centaurus Sternberg, 1910
Oryctes cherlonneixi Dechambre, 1996
Oryctes chevrolatii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Oryctes colonicus Coquerel, 1852
Oryctes comoriensis Fairmaire, 1893
Oryctes congonis Endrödi, 1969
Oryctes curvicornis Sternberg, 1910
Oryctes dollei Fairmaire, 1897
Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914
Oryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847
Oryctes forceps Dechambre, 1980
Oryctes gigas Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
Oryctes gnu Mohnike, 1874 - Malaysian rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes gracilis Prell, 1934
Oryctes heros Endrödi, 1973
Oryctes hisamatsui Nagai, 2002
Oryctes latecavatus Fairmaire, 1891
Oryctes mayottensis Dechambre, 1982
Oryctes minor Waterhouse, 1876
Oryctes monardi Beck, 1942
Oryctes monoceros (Olivier, 1789) - African rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes nasicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Scarabaeus nasicornis L.: the European rhinoceros beetle)
Oryctes nudicauda Arrow, 1910
Oryctes ohausi Minck, 1913
Oryctes owariensis Beavois, 1807
Oryctes politus Fairmaire, 1901
Oryctes proxilus Wollaston 1864
Oryctes pyrrhus Burmeister, 1847
Oryctes ranavalo Coquerel, 1852
Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) - Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
Oryctes richteri Petrovitz, 1958
Oryctes sahariensis de Miré, 1960
Oryctes simiar Coquerel, 1852
Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
Oryctes tarandus (Olivier, 1789)
Oryctes vicinus Gahan, 1900

References

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