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Dynastinae (rhinoceras beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Dynastinae MacLeay
1862Scarabaeus proserpinae Heer p. 78 figs. Pl 6, fig 2
1864Pentodon proserpinae Heer p. 379
1995Dynastinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2000Dynastinae Krell p. 884
2011Dynastinae Bouchard et al.
2016Dynastinae Ramírez and Alonso p. 533
2022Dynastinae Cai 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
subfamilyDynastinaeMacLeay 1819

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.

Subfm. Dynastinae MacLeay 1819 [rhinoceras beetle]
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G. †Calcitoryctes Krell 2011
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G. Cyclocephala Dejean 1821
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G. Ligyrus Burmeister 1847
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Ligyrus compositus Wickham 1911
Ligyrus effetus Wickham 1914
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
G. †Oryctoantiquus Ratcliffe and Smith 2005
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Oryctoantiquus borealis Ratcliffe and Smith 2005
Tr. Pentodontini Mulsant 1842
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G. Diloboderus Reiche 1859
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Subtr. Pentodontina Mulsant 1842
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G. Pentodon Hope 1837
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Pentodon bellerophon von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
Pentodon dorcus Krell 2019
Invalid names: Pentodon proserpinae Heer 1862 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available