Pentodontini Explained

Pentodontini is a tribe of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are over 100 genera in the tribe Pentodontini.

Genera

The following are included in BioLib.cz:^[1]

subtribe Cheiroplatina Carne, 1957

1. Cheiroplatys

subtribe Dipelicina Carne, 1957

1. Dipelicus

subtribe Pentodontina Mulsant, 1842

1. Bothynus
2. Calicnemis
3. Metanastes
4. Neometanastes
5. Pentodon
6. Pimelopus
7. Podalgus

subtribe Pseudoryctina Carne, 1957

1. Pseudoryctes

Unplaced genera

1. Aceratus
2. Adelaeus
3. Adoryphorus
4. Alissonotum
5. Ampotis
6. Anomalomorpha
7. Anoronotum
8. Aphonides
9. Aphonodelus
10. Aphonus
11. Barutus
12. Callistemonus
13. Carneiola
14. Carneodon
15. Cavonus
16. Collagenus
17. Coptognatus
18. Corynophyllus
19. Coscinocephalus
20. Cryptoryctes
21. Dalgopus
22. Dasygnathus
23. Denhezia
24. Diloboderus
25. Ebolowanius
26. Enarotadius
27. Endroedianibe
28. Enracius
29. Epironastes
30. Erbmahcedius
31. Eremobothynus
32. Eucopidocaulus
33. Euetheola
34. Euligyrus
35. Eutyctus
36. Gillaspytes
37. Gorditus
38. Haplosoma
39. Heteroconus
40. Heteroglobus
41. Heteroligus
42. Heteronychus
43. Heterostriatus
44. Hiekeianus
45. Homoeomorphus
46. Hylobothynus
47. Hyphoryctes
48. Idioschema
49. Indieraligus
50. Ligyrus
51. Lonchotus
52. Marronus
53. Mellissius
54. Microryctes
55. Musurgus
56. Neocnecus
57. Neocorynophyllus
58. Neodasygnathus
59. Neonastes
60. Neoryctes
61. Nephrodopus
62. Nimbacola
63. Niuailan
64. Novapus
65. Orizabus
66. Orsilochus (beetle)
67. Orthocavonus
68. Oxyligyrus
69. Papuana
70. Paranodon
71. Parapucaya
72. Pareteronychus
73. Parisomorphus
74. Pentodina
75. Pentodontoschema
76. Pericoptus
77. Philoscaptus
78. Phylliocephala
79. Phyllognathus
80. Piscoperus
81. Prionoryctes
82. Proculigyrus
83. Pseudocavonus
84. Pseudohomonyx
85. Pucaya
86. Pycnoschema
87. Saccharoscaptus
88. Semanopterus
89. Siralus
90. Teinogenys
91. Temnorhynchus
92. Thronistes
93. Tomarus
94. Trissodon
95. Wernoryctes
96. Xynedria

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL..
• Book: Arnett . Ross H.. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Book: White . Richard E.. 1983. Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company..

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id8140/ BioLib.cz: Pentodontini Mulsant, 1842