Strategus (beetle)

Strategus
Strategus species. Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Dynastinae
Tribe:	Oryctini
Genus:	Strategus Kirby, 1828

Strategus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. The genus is widespread in America from Kansas to South America.

Description

Species within this genus can reach a length of 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). These large beetles have a more or less cylindrical body. They have a striking sexual dimorphism. Males are generally markedly larger than the females and have a long horn on the head and also two forward-looking horns on pronotum.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Strategus adolescens
• Strategus aenobarbus
• Strategus ajax
• Strategus aloeus
• Strategus anachoreta
• Strategus antaeus
• Strategus argentinus
• Strategus atlanticus
• Strategus caymani
• Strategus centaurus
• Strategus cessatus
• Strategus cessus
• Strategus craigi
• Strategus fallaciosus
• Strategus fascinus
• Strategus hipposiderus
• Strategus howdeni
• Strategus inermis
• Strategus jugurtha
• Strategus longichomperus
• Strategus mandibularis
• Strategus moralesdelgadorum
• Strategus mormon
• Strategus oblongus
• Strategus sarpedon
• Strategus simson
• Strategus splendens
• Strategus surinamensis
• Strategus symphenax
• Strategus syphax
• Strategus talpa
• Strategus tarquinius
• Strategus temoltzin
• Strategus validus
• Strategus verrilli

References

• Brett C. Ratcliffe (1976). "A revision of the genus Strategus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 10 (3): 93–207.