// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the Catharsius oryx say? "I'm horn to be wild.
| Catharsius oryx | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Catharsius |
| Species: | C. oryx |
| Binomial name | |
| Catharsius oryx Frey, 1974 | |
Catharsius oryx is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Cameroon.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 25–26 mm. They are glossy black. They have a conical horn, which is slightly inclined forward and blunt at the tip. The pronotum is densely but briefly fringed with light brown cilia in the middle anteriorly. On the disc are two straight, slightly diverging, conical horns, only slightly inclined laterally above and blunt at the tips. The elytra are continuously striated.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Catharsius oryx at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- 1 2 Frey, G. (1974). "Neue Lamellocornia aus der Zoologischen Staatssammlung in München" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey. 25: 276–280. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
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