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]
| Golofa | |
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| Golofa claviger | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Dynastini |
| Genus: | Golofa Hope, 1837 |
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Description
editGolofa 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]
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.
- ^ a b Morón, Miguel Angel (1995). "Review of the Mexican Species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 49 (4): 343–386. JSTOR 4009183.
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