Golofa
Golofa claviger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Dynastini
Genus: Golofa
Hope, 1837
Synonyms
  • Asseroder Maunders, 1848
  • Mixigenus Thomson, 1859
  • Praogolofa Bates, 1892

Golofa is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name Golofa is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following ICZN Article 30.2.3.[1]

Description

Golofa are large scarabs, and the males typically have a single horn on the head and another horn centrally on the prothorax; the horns are often elongate, and often curve towards each other.

Species

  • Golofa aegeon (Drury, 1773)
  • Golofa antiquus Arrow, 1911
  • Golofa argentina Arrow, 1911
  • Golofa claviger (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Golofa cochlearis Ohaus, 1910
  • Golofa costaricensis Bates, 1888
  • Golofa eacus Burmeister, 1847
  • Golofa gaujoni Lachaume, 1985
  • Golofa globulicornis Dechambre, 1975
  • Golofa hirsutus Ratcliffe, 2003
  • Golofa imbellis Bates, 1888
  • Golofa imperialis Thomson, 1858
  • Golofa incas Hope, 1837
  • Golofa inermis Thomson, 1859
  • Golofa minutus
  • Golofa obliquicornis Dechambre, 1975
  • Golofa paradoxus Dechambre, 1975
  • Golofa pelagon Burmeister, 1847
  • Golofa pizarro Hope, 1837
  • Golofa porteri Hope, 1837
  • Golofa pusillus Arrow, 1911
  • Golofa solisi Ratcliffe, 2003
  • Golofa spatha Dechambre, 1989
  • Golofa tepaneneca Morón, 1995[2]
  • Golofa tersander (Burmeister, 1847)
  • Golofa testudinarius Prell, 1934
  • Golofa unicolor (Bates, 1891)
  • Golofa xiximeca Morón, 1995[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hope, F.W. 1837. On the Golofa Beetle of Venezuela and its allied species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2(1): 42–45.
  2. 1 2 Morón, Miguel Angel (1995). "Review of the Mexican Species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 49 (4): 343–386. JSTOR 4009183.
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