Xyloryctes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Oryctini
Genus: Xyloryctes
Species (13): X. corniger – X. ensifer – X. faunus – X. furcatus – X. guatemalensis – X. howdenorum – X. jamaicensis – X. lobicollis – X. orientalis – X. splendidus – X. telephus – X. teuthras – X. thestalus
Name

Xyloryctes Hope, 1837: 30, 90

Type species: Scarabaeus jamaicensis Drury, 1773.

References
Primary references

Hope, F.W. 1837. The coleopterist’s manual, containing the Lamellicorn insects of Linneus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, pp. i–xiii + 15–121 + [1], pls. 1–3. Reference page. [original description: p. 30, 90]

Additional references

Bitar, A.; Morón, M.A. 2014: Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Xyloryctes (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini). Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, 85: 753–796. DOI: 10.7550/rmb.42654 Open access. Reference page.

Links

Schoolmeesters P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on Jun 23, 2017]

Xyloryctes is a genus of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 13 described species in Xyloryctes.[1][2][3]
Xyloryctes jamaicensis

Species

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

References

"Xyloryctes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Xyloryctes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Xyloryctes 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". 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.