Strategus jugurtha Burmeister, 1847

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T., 2009, New records of dynastine scarab beetles in the tribes Oryctini, Agaocephalini and Dynastini from Cayo district, Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (99), pp. 1-9 : 6

Strategus jugurtha Burmeister, 1847

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Specimens examined. 10 (5 males and 5 females). BMNH, MGCB and JKCE.

Localities. Las Cuevas (9), Pook’s Hill (1)

Temporal data. May (1), June (9)

Distribution. Mexico, through central America to Peru (Ratcliffe and Cave 2006). NEW COUNTRY RECORD for Belize.

Remarks. This species also displayed a greater proportion of females over males captured at the lights. No further biological information was obtained.

Figures

Figure 4-8. Dynastinae collected at Las Cuevas research station, Cayo, Belize, during June 2006. Male specimens illustrated.4) Enema endymion. 5) Strategus aloeus.6) Strategus longichomperus. 7) Strategus jugurtha.8) Spodistes mniszechi. Photographs by James Kitson.