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| Golofa | |
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| Golofa claviger | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Dynastini |
| Genus: | Golofa Hope, 1837 |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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]
Be-Kuwa Records (Updated)
[edit]Golofa Gaujoni- 61mm (2026)
Golofa Aegon- 84.9mm (2025)
Golofa Claviger- 67.7mm (2020)
Golofa Porteri- 106.8mm (2010)
Golofa Globulicornis- 63.6mm (2024)
Golofa Spatha- 57.5mm (2024)
Golofa Bifidus- 69.4 (2025)
Be-Kuwa Records (Small-Updated)
[edit]Golofa Porteri- 43.5 (2024)
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- 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.
External links
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