| Oryctes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Scarabaeoidea |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dynastinae |
| Tribe: | Oryctini |
| Genus: | Oryctes Hellwig, 1798 |
Oryctes[1] is the most economically important genus of rhinoceros beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae (family: Scarabaeidae), since it includes a notorious insect pest of palms.
- ^ Hellwig JCL (1798) Ankündigungen neuer Bücher. Intelligenzblatt der Allgemeinen Literatur-Zeitung jahrg. 1798(13): 100-101.