Oryctes Hellwig, 1798

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Oryctes Hellwig, 1798

[47 species and 29 additional subspecies, 2 fossil species].

Type species Scarabaeus nasicornis Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation of Latreille (1810).

† Oryctites : Oppenheim 1888. Unavailable name ( Krell 2000).

Oryctes ( Dimyxus) Fairmaire, 1893a , as Dimyxus . Type species Dimyxus crampeli Fairmaire, 1893 (= Oryctes ( Dimyxus) gigas gigas Laporte, 1840 ), by monotypy. Status revised to Oryctes ( Dimyxus) by Arrow (1937b).

Oryctes ( Rykanes) Minck, 1919 . Type species Scarabaeus rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 , by subsequent designation of Prell (1934c).

Oryctes ( Macroyctes) Semenov-Tjan-Shansky & Medvedev, 1932. Type species Scarabaeus rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation. Synonymy by Prell (1934b).

Oryctes ( Rykanoryctes) Minck, 1919 . Type species Scarabaeus monoceros Olivier, 1789 , by subsequent designation of Prell (1934c).

Oryctes ( Hovoryctes) Prell, 1934c . Type species Oryctes pyrrhus Burmeister, 1847 , by original designation. Synonymy by Endrődi (1973a).

Oryctes ( Eremoryctes) Semenov-Tjan-Shansky & Medvedev, 1932. Type species Oryctes ( Eremoryctes) ata Semenov-Tjan-Shansky & Medvedev, 1932, by original designation.

Oryctes ( Insuloryctes) Dechambre, 2000 . Type species Scarabaeus augias Olivier, 1789 , by original designation