Heterogomphus Burmeister 1847

Alvarez, Héctor Jaime Gasca, da, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos, Fonseca & Ratcliffe, Brett C., 2008, Synopsis of the Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Brazilian Amazon, Insecta Mundi 2008 (61), pp. 1-62 : 18

Heterogomphus Burmeister 1847

Heterogomphus Burmeister 1847: 224

Stypotrupes Burmeister 1847: 219 (synonym)

Daemonoplus Thomson 1859: 68 (subgenus)

Baryxenus Bates 1891: 33 (synonym)

Syneterogomphus Prell 1912: 53 (synonym)

Ortheterogomphus Prell 1912:103 (synonym)

Heterogomphidium Prell 1912: 105 (synonym)

Hoplitogomphus Prell 1912: 123 (synonym)

Dineterogomphus Prell 1912: 129 (synonym)

Psileterogomphus Prell 1912: 141 (synonym)

Neobaryxenus Prell 1912: 148 (synonym)

Anoplogomphus Prell 1912: 149 (synonym)

Notheterogomphus Prell 1912: 156 (synonym)

Tracheterogomphus Prell 1912: 161 (synonym)

Type species: Heterogomphus julus Burmeister, 1847 .

Heterogomphus species may be recognized by quadridentate protibiae, teeth of the protibia directed obliquely forward, males usually with a large head horn, females with one or two tubercles on the head, and prosternal process long and stout. Adults are nocturnal, and many are attracted to lights at night. The larvae probably feed on organic debris in the soil ( Ratcliffe 2003). The genus consists of 47 species ( Dechambre 1986, 1998a), of which 21 species are known from Brazil with four of them occurring in the Brazilian Amazon.