Ancognatha Explained

Ancognatha is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Ancognatha.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Ancognatha:

• Ancognatha atacazo (Kirsch, 1885)
• Ancognatha aymara Mondaca, 2016
• Ancognatha castanea Erichson, 1847
• Ancognatha corcuerai Figueroa & Ratcliffe, 2016
• Ancognatha erythrodera (Blanchard, 1846)
• Ancognatha gracilis Endrödi, 1966
• Ancognatha horrida Endrödi, 1967
• Ancognatha humeralis (Burmeister, 1847)
• Ancognatha hyltonscottae Martinez, 1965
• Ancognatha jamesoni Murray, 1857
• Ancognatha lutea Erichson, 1847
• Ancognatha manca (LeConte, 1866)
• Ancognatha matilei Dechambre, 2000
• Ancognatha nigriventris Otoya, 1945
• Ancognatha quadripunctata Bates, 1888
• Ancognatha rugulosa Endrödi, 1966
• Ancognatha scarabaeoides Erichson, 1847
• Ancognatha sellata Arrow, 1911
• Ancognatha ustulata (Burmeister, 1847)
• Ancognatha veliae Pardo-Locarno, Gonzalez & Montoya-Lerma, 2006
• Ancognatha vexans Ratcliffe, 1992
• Ancognatha vulgaris Arrow, 1911

Further reading

• Annotated catalog and bibliography of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini). 2018. Moore . Matthew R.. Cave . Ronald D.. Branham . Marc A.. ZooKeys. 745. 101–378. 10.3897/zookeys.745.23685. 5904534. 29670449. free.
• Book:
• Web site: 2019-07-02. A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). 2001. Mathison. Blaine A.. Hardy. Martin. Bezdek. Aleš. Schoolmeesters. Paul. 2019-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124458/http://coleoptera.org/p735.htm. dead.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. Ratcliffe. Brett. Jameson. Mary Liz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. 2019-03-30. dead.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.