Strategus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. The genus is widespread in America from Kansas to South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dynastinae |
| Tribe: | Oryctini |
| Genus: | Strategus Kirby, 1828 |
Description
editSpecies 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
editSpecies within this genus include:[1]
- 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
edit- 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.