Strategus (beetle)

Strategus
Strategus species. Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Dynastinae
Tribe:	Oryctini
Genus:	Strategus Kirby, 1828

Strategus is a genus of rhinoceros beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. The genus is widespread in America from Kansas to South America.

Description[]

Species within this genus can reach a length of 30–45 millimetres (1.2–1.8 in). These large beetles have a more or less cylindrical body. They have a striking sexual dimorphism. Males are generally markedly larger than the females and have a long horn on the head and also two forward-looking horns on pronotum.

Species[]

Species within this genus include:^[1]

References[]

• Brett C. Ratcliffe (1976). "A revision of the genus Strategus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 10 (3): 93–207.