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Oryctes nasicornis (European rhinoceros beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Scarabaeus nasicornis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oryctes nasicornis by Gersdorf (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scarabaeus nasicornis Linnaeus p. 346
1761Scarabaeus nasicornis Linnaeus p. 133
1763Scarabaeus nasicornis Scopoli p. 6 fig. 14
1767Scarabaeus nasicornis Linnaeus p. 544
1770Scarabaeus nasicornis Drury p. 76 figs. Pl 34, figs 7,8
1774Scarabaeus nasicornis De Geer p. 255
1775Scarabaeus nasicornis Fabricius p. 11
1776Scarabaeus nasicornis Müller p. 52
1777Scarabaeus nasicornis Goeze p. 13
1971Oryctes nasicornis Gersdorf p. 643 figs. Pl 61, fig 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
RankNameAuthor
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyDynastinaeMacLeay 1819
tribeOryctiniMulsant 1842
genusOryctes
speciesnasicornis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Oryctes nasicornis Linnaeus 1758 [European rhinoceros beetle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Niedersachsen) Oryctes nasicornis (155692)