Oryctes
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Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia
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Genus: | Oryctes Illiger, 1798
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Oryctes is the most economically important genus of rhinoceros beetles in the subfamily Dynastinae (family: Scarabaeidae), since it includes a notorious insect pest of palms.
Currently, 42 species are in the genus,[1] including:
- Oryctes borbonicus Dechambre, 1986
- Oryctes gnu Mohnike, 1874 - Malaysian rhinoceros beetle
- Oryctes monoceros (Olivier, 1789) - African rhinoceros beetle
- Oryctes nasicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) - European rhinoceros beetle
- Oryctes proxilus Wollaston 1864
- Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) - Asiatic rhinoceros beetle
References
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