Xyloryctes
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| Xyloryctes | |
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| Xyloryctes jamaicensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Oryctini |
| Genus: | Xyloryctes Hope, 1837 |
Xyloryctes is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 13 described species in Xyloryctes.[1][2][3]
These 13 species belong to the genus Xyloryctes:
- Xyloryctes corniger Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes ensifer Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes faunus Casey, 1895
- Xyloryctes furcatus Burmeister, 1847
- Xyloryctes guatemalensis Bitar & Delgado, 2009
- Xyloryctes howdenorum Delgado & Najera, 1992
- Xyloryctes jamaicensis (Drury, 1773) (rhinoceros beetle)
- Xyloryctes lobicollis Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes orientalis Bitar & Morón, 2014
- Xyloryctes splendidus Prell, 1914
- Xyloryctes telephus Burmeister, 1847
- Xyloryctes teuthras Bates, 1888
- Xyloryctes thestalus BATES, 1888
