Strategus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Oryctini
Genus: Strategus
Species (34 + 1†): S. adolescens – S. aenobarbus – S. ajax – S. aloeus – S. anachoreta – S. antaeus – S. argentinus – S. atlanticus – S. caymani – S. centaurus – †S. cessatus – S. cessus – S. craigi – S. fallaciosus – S. fascinus – S. hipposiderus – S. howdeni – S. inermis – S. jugurtha – S. longichomperus – S. mandibularis – S. moralesdelgadorum – S. mormon – S. oblongus – S. sarpedon – S. simson – S. splendens – S. surinamensis – S. symphenax – S. syphax – S. talpa – S. tarquinius – S. temoltzin – S. validus – S. verrilli
Name

Strategus Kirby in Kirby & Spence, 1828: 349, 644 [nec Hope, 1837: 87]

Type species: Strategus aloeus Linnaeus, 1758: 345 by subsequent designation by Hope, 1837: 87.

Synonymy

Strategus J. G. Cooper, 1862 [nom. praeocc.]
Anastrategus Casey 1915: 231
Type species: Strategus cessus LeConte 1866: 382.
Strategodes Casey 1915: 245 [described as subgenus]
Type species: Strategus antaeus (Drury), 1773: 74 designatad by Ratcliffe, 1976.
Strategopsis Chapin 1932: 302 [described as subgenus]
Type species: Strategus sarpedon (Burm.) 1847: 122.

References
Primary references

Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828. An introduction to entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects. volume 4. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, U.K. 681 pp. BHL [original description: p. 349, 644]

Additional references

Endrödi, S. 1976: Monographie der Dynastinae. 5. Tribus: Oryctini (die Arten von Amerika) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 29(2): 9–174.
Endrödi, S. 1977: Strategus waldenfelsi sp. n. (Coleoptera, Dynastinae). Reichenbachia, 16: 335–336.
Morón, M.A.; Nogueira, G. 2008: A new species of Strategus Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from eastern Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 110: 95–102.
Ratcliffe, B.C. 1976: A revision of the genus Strategus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 10: 93–204. PDF
Ratcliffe, B.C. 1982: American Oryctini: Strategus verrilli Ratcliffe rediscovered and described, and new records and comments for other Strategus and Hispanioryctes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Coleopterists bulletin, 36: 352–357. JSTOR
Voirin, J.P. 1979: Description d'une nouvelle espece du genre Strategus Hope (Coleoptera Melolonthidae Dynastinae). Bulletin de la Societe Sciences Nat, (21): 9.

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 20, 2017]

Strategus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. The genus is widespread in America from Kansas to South America.
Description

Species within this genus can reach a length of 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). These large beetles have a more or less cylindrical body. They have a striking sexual dimorphism. Males are generally markedly larger than the females and have a long horn on the head and also two forward-looking horns on pronotum.
Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

Strategus adolescens
Strategus aenobarbus
Strategus ajax
Strategus aloeus
Strategus anachoreta
Strategus antaeus
Strategus argentinus
Strategus atlanticus
Strategus caymani
Strategus centaurus
Strategus cessatus
Strategus cessus
Strategus craigi
Strategus fallaciosus
Strategus fascinus
Strategus hipposiderus
Strategus howdeni
Strategus inermis
Strategus jugurtha
Strategus longichomperus
Strategus mandibularis
Strategus moralesdelgadorum
Strategus mormon
Strategus oblongus
Strategus sarpedon
Strategus simson
Strategus splendens
Strategus surinamensis
Strategus symphenax
Strategus syphax
Strategus talpa
Strategus tarquinius
Strategus temoltzin
Strategus validus
Strategus verrilli

References

Brett C. Ratcliffe (1976). "A revision of the genus Strategus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 10 (3): 93–207.

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