''Golofa'' is a genus of
rhinoceros beetles. The name ''Golofa'' is the indigenous name used for these beetles in
Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
Article 30.2.3.
[Hope, F.W. 1837. On the ''Golofa'' Beetle of Venezuela and its allied species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2(1): 42–45.]
Description
''Golofa'' are large scarabs, and the males typically have a single horn on the head and another horn centrally on the prothorax; the horns are often elongate, and often curve towards each other.
Species
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Golofa aegeon''
(Drury, 1773)
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Golofa antiquus''
Arrow, 1911
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Golofa argentina''
Arrow, 1911
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Golofa claviger''
(Linnaeus, 1771)
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Golofa cochlearis''
Ohaus, 1910
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Golofa costaricensis''
Bates, 1888
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Golofa eacus
''Golofa'' is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name ''Golofa'' is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following Inte ...
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Burmeister, 1847
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Golofa gaujoni''
Lachaume, 1985
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Golofa globulicornis''
Dechambre, 1975
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Golofa hirsutus''
Ratcliffe, 2003
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Golofa imbellis''
Bates, 1888
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Golofa imperialis''
Thomson, 1858
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Golofa incas''
Hope, 1837
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Golofa inermis''
Thomson, 1859
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Golofa minutus''
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Golofa obliquicornis''
Dechambre, 1975
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Golofa paradoxus''
Dechambre, 1975
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Golofa pelagon''
Burmeister, 1847
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Golofa pizarro
''Golofa'' is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name ''Golofa'' is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following IC ...
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Hope, 1837
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Golofa porteri''
Hope, 1837
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Golofa pusillus''
Arrow, 1911
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Golofa solisi''
Ratcliffe, 2003
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Golofa spatha''
Dechambre, 1989
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Golofa tepaneneca''
Morón, 1995
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Golofa tersander''
(Burmeister, 1847)
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Golofa testudinarius''
Prell, 1934
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Golofa unicolor''
(Bates, 1891)
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Golofa xiximeca
''Golofa'' is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name ''Golofa'' is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following Inte ...
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Morón, 1995[
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References
External links
List of species
Dynastinae
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