''Augosoma'' is a genus of

rhinoceros beetle Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarabaeidae, scarab beetle family (biology), family (Scarabaeidae). Other common names – some for particular groups of rhinoceros beetles – include Hercules beetles, unicorn be ...

belonging to the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

. ''Augosoma'' species include very large (40-100 millimeters), glossy black or dark brown beetles. The males have long, curved horns on the head. These horns lack in the females. These beetles occurs in tropical West Africa (

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

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Species

* '' Augosoma centaurus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Augosoma hippocrates'' Milani, 1996 Biolib
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References

Dynastinae {{Dynastinae-stub