Oryctini

Oryctini
Oryctes nasicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Oryctini
Mulsant, 1842
Synonyms
  • Megaceridae HCC Burmeister, 1847
  • Megacerini Burmeister, 1847
  • Oryctésaires Mulsant, 1842
  • Strategidae HCC Burmeister, 1847
  • Strategini Burmeister, 1847[1]

Oryctini[2] is a tribe of beetles in the Dynastinae (family Scarabaeidae).[3]

This tribe perhaps best describes the term "rhinoceros beetles" and includes important pest species in the type genus Oryctes. However, the name may also be applied to genera in the Phileurini and related tribes.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Biolib was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mulsant E (1842) Histoire naturelle des coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Paris: Maison Libraire, Lyon: Imprimerie de Dumoulin, Ronet et Sibuet, viii + 626 pp., 3 pls. (original description: p. 372).
  3. ^ Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1-972.