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Rhinoceros Beetles
Dynastinae
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn beetles or horn beetles. Over 300 species of rhinoceros beetles are known.
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Oryctini
tribeOryctini
Masked Chafers and Rice Beetles
tribeCyclocephalini
True Rhinoceros Beetles
tribeDynastini
Pentodontini
tribePentodontini
Phileurini
tribePhileurini
Agaocephalini
tribeAgaocephalini
Hexodontini
tribeHexodontini
Oryctoderini
tribeOryctoderini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Dynastinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 136361.