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Oryctini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Oryctini was named by Mulsant (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dynastinae by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Oryctini Mulsant
2011Oryctini Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyDynastinaeMacLeay 1819
tribeOryctiniMulsant 1842
tribeOryctiniMulsant 1842

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.

Tr. Oryctini Mulsant 1842
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G. Oryctes Hellwig 1798
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Oryctes nasicornis Linnaeus 1758 [European rhinoceros beetle]
G. Strategus Kirby 1828
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Strategus cessatus Wickham 1914
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: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Strategus cessatus (106384)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Oryctes nasicornis (155692)