Pentodontini
| Pentodontini | |
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| Pentodon algerinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dynastinae |
| Tribe: | Pentodontini Mulsant, 1842 |
Pentodontini is a tribe of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are over 100 genera in the tribe Pentodontini.
Selected Genera
- Anoplognatho Rivers, 1888
- Aphonus LeConte, 1856
- Bothynus Hope, 1837
- Coscinocephalus Prell, 1936
- Euetheola Bates, 1888
- Gillaspytes Howden, 1980
- Orizabus Fairmaire, 1878
- Oxygrylius Casey, 1915
- Pentodon Hope, 1837
- Pericoptus Burmeister, 1847
- Thronistes Burmeister, 1847
- Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (carrot beetles)
References
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.