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Dynastini

Dynastini is a tribe of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.

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Dynastini
male of Dynastes hercules
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Tribe: Dynastini
MacLeay, 1819

Dynastini is a tribe of rhinoceros beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.1

Subtribes and genera

according to CoL:2

subtribe Chalcosomina Rowland & Miller, 2012
  1. Chalcosoma Hope, 1837
  2. Debeckius Allsopp, 2022 - monotypic Debeckius beccarii (Gestro, 1876)
  3. Eupatorus Burmeister, 1847
  4. Haploscapanes Arrow, 1908
  5. Pachyoryctes Arrow, 1908
subtribe Dynastina MacLeay, 1819
  1. Augosoma Burmeister, 1841
  2. Dynastes MacLeay, 1819 - type genus
  3. Golofa Hope, 1837
  4. Megasoma Kirby, 1825
subtribe Xylotrupina Hope, 1838
  1. Allomyrina Arrow, 1911
  2. Endebius van Lansberge, 1880
  3. Trypoxylus Minck, 1920
  4. Xylotrupes Hope, 1837
  5. Xyloscaptes Prell, 1934
References

References

  1. Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1-972.
  2. "Dynastini". Retrieved 2026-06-16.
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