Phileurus

Phileurus
Phileurus valgus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Dynastinae
Tribe:	Phileurini
Genus:	Phileurus Latreille, 1807

Phileurus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Phileurus.[1][2][3]

Phileurus valgus

Species

These 28 species belong to the genus Phileurus:

• Phileurus affinis Burmeister, 1847
• Phileurus angustatus Kolbe, 1910
• Phileurus bucculentus Ohaus, 1911
• Phileurus buchwaldi Ohaus, 1914
• Phileurus caribaeus Ratcliffe & Cave, 2015
• Phileurus carinatus Prell, 1914
• Phileurus didymus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Phileurus endrodii Lamant-Voirin, 1995
• Phileurus enigmaticus Dupuis, 2004
• Phileurus excavatus Prell, 1911
• Phileurus hospes Burmeister, 1847
• Phileurus hospitus Prell, 1934
• Phileurus incurvatus Endrödi, 1978
• Phileurus kaszabi Endrödi, 1978
• Phileurus lecourti Dechambre, 1998
• Phileurus limicauda Prell, 1912
• Phileurus mundus Prell, 1914
• Phileurus patruus Endrödi, 1978
• Phileurus rufus Dechambre, 1998
• Phileurus schereri Endrödi, 1981
• Phileurus toulgoeti Dechambre, 1996
• Phileurus truncatus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1806) (triceratops beetle)
• Phileurus valgus (Olivier, 1789)
• Phileurus verus Endrödi, 1978
• Phileurus villaemagnae Dechambre, 1998
• Phileurus voirinae Endrödi, 1985
• Phileurus youngi Ratcliffe, 1988
• Phileurus zonianis Ratcliffe, 2011

References

1. "Phileurus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Phileurus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Phileurus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Hardy, A. (1991). "Family: Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae" (PDF). A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
• Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.

External links

• Media related to Phileurus at Wikimedia Commons