Oryctes
This article is about the genus of beetles.
For the genus of plants, see
Oryctes (plant).
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
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