Oryctes Explained

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 (2022), BioLib^[2] includes:

1. Oryctes agamemnon Burmeister, 1847
2. Oryctes amberiensis Sternberg, 1910
3. Oryctes anguliceps Fairmaire, 1901
4. Oryctes ata Semenov & Medvedev, 1932
5. Oryctes augias (Olivier, 1789)
6. Oryctes boas (Fabricius, 1775)
7. Oryctes borbonicus Dechambre, 1986
8. Oryctes capucinus Arrow, 1937
9. Oryctes centaurus Sternberg, 1910
10. Oryctes cherlonneixi Dechambre, 1996
11. Oryctes chevrolatii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
12. Oryctes clypealis Fairmaire, 1897
13. Oryctes colonicus Coquerel, 1852
14. Oryctes comoriensis Fairmaire, 1893
15. Oryctes congonis Endrödi, 1969
16. Oryctes curvicornis Sternberg, 1910
17. Oryctes dollei Fairmaire, 1897
18. Oryctes elegans Prell, 1914
19. Oryctes erebus Burmeister, 1847
20. Oryctes forceps Dechambre, 1980
21. Oryctes gigas Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
22. Oryctes gnu (Mohnike, 1874) - Malaysian rhinoceros beetle
23. Oryctes gracilis Prell, 1934
24. Oryctes heros Endrödi, 1973
25. Oryctes hisamatsui Nagai, 2002
26. Oryctes latecavatus Fairmaire, 1891
27. Oryctes mayottensis Dechambre, 1982
28. Oryctes minor Waterhouse, 1876
29. Oryctes monardi Beck, 1942
30. Oryctes monoceros (Olivier, 1789)
31. Oryctes nasicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Scarabaeus nasicornis L.: the European rhinoceros beetle)
32. Oryctes nudicauda Arrow, 1910
33. Oryctes ohausi Minck, 1913
34. Oryctes owariensis Beavois, 1807
35. Oryctes politus Fairmaire, 1901
36. Oryctes prolixus Wollaston, 1864
37. Oryctes pyrrhus Burmeister, 1847
38. Oryctes ranavalo Coquerel, 1852
39. Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) - coconut rhinoceros beetle, Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
40. Oryctes richteri Petrovitz, 1958
41. Oryctes sahariensis de Miré, 1960
42. Oryctes simiar Coquerel, 1852
43. Oryctes sjoestedti Kolbe, 1905
44. Oryctes tarandus (Olivier, 1789)
45. Oryctes vicinus Gahan, 1900

Notes and References

1. Hellwig JCL (1798) Ankündigungen neuer Bücher. Intelligenzblatt der Allgemeinen Literatur-Zeitung jahrg. 1798(13): 100-101.
2. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonsubtaxa/id8135/ Biolib.cz genus Oryctes Illiger, 1798