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Goliathini

Goliathini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. These include the very large beetles of the type genus Goliathus and the term "Goliathides" was first used by Pierre André Latreille.

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Goliathini
Goliathus goliatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Cetoniinae
Tribe: Goliathini
Latreille, 1829
Synonyms
  • Coryphocerina Burmeister, 1842

Goliathini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.1 These include the very large beetles of the type genus Goliathus and the term "Goliathides" was first used by Pierre André Latreille.2

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the tribe Goliathini:1

subtribe Dicronocephalina Krikken, 1984
  1. Dicronocephalus Hope, 1831
subtribe Goliathina
  1. Argyrophegges Kraatz, 1895
  2. Fornasinius Bertoloni, 1852
  3. Goliathus Lamarck, 1801
  4. Hegemus Thomson, 1881
  5. Hypselogenia Burmeister, 1840
subtribe Ichnestomina Burmeister, 1842
  1. Gariep Péringuey, 1907
  2. Ichnestoma Gory & Percheron, 1833
  3. Karooida Perissinotto, 2020
  4. Mzansica Perissinotto, 2020
subtribe Rhomborhinina Westwood, 1842
  1. Amaurodes Westwood, 1843
  2. Anagnathocera Arrow, 1922
  3. Anisorrhina Westwood, 1842
  4. Asthenorhella Westwood, 1874
  5. Asthenorhina Westwood, 1843
  6. Bietia Fairmaire, 1898
  7. Bothrorrhina Burmeister, 1842
  8. Caelorrhina Hope, 1841
  9. Ceratorhinella De Palma, Takano, Léonard & Bouyer, 2021
  10. Cheirolasia Westwood, 1842
  11. Chelorhinella De Palma & Frantz, 2010
  12. Chloresthia Fairmaire, 1905
  13. Chlorocala Kirby, 1828
  14. Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 1880
  15. Compsocephalus White, 1845
  16. Cosmiomorpha Saunders, 1852
  17. Cyphonocephalus Westwood, 1842
  18. Desfontainesia Alexis & Delpont, 2001
  19. Dicellachilus Waterhouse, 1905
  20. Dicheros Gory & Percheron, 1833
  21. Dicronorhina Hope, 1837
  22. Diphyllomorpha Hope, 1843
  23. Dymusia Burmeister, 1842
  24. Euchloropus Arrow, 1907
  25. Eudicella White, 1839
  26. Eutelesmus Waterhouse, 1880
  27. Gnathocera Kirby, 1825
  28. Gnorimimelus Kraatz, 1880
  29. Hemiheterorrhina Mikšić, 1974
  30. Herculaisia Seilliere, 1910
  31. Heterorhina Westwood, 1842
  32. Ingrisma Fairmaire, 1893
  33. Ischnoscelis Burmeister, 1842
  34. Jumnos Saunders, 1839
  35. Lansbergia Ritsema, 1888
  36. Lophorrhina Westwood, 1842
  37. Lophorrhinides Perissinotto, Clennell & Beinhundner, 2019
  38. Mawenzhena Alexis & Delpont, 2001
  39. Mecynorhina Hope, 1837
  40. Mecynorrhinella Marais & Holm, 1992
  41. Moseriana Ruter, 1965
  42. Mystroceros Burmeister, 1842
  43. Narycius Dupont, 1835
  44. Neophaedimus Lucas, 1870
  45. Neoscelis Schoch, 1897
  46. Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 1880
  47. Periphanesthes Kraatz, 1880
  48. Petrovitzia Mikšić, 1965
  49. Platynocephalus Westwood, 1854
  50. Priscorrhina Krikken, 1984
  51. Pseudodiceros Mikšić, 1974
  52. Pseudotorynorrhina Mikšić, 1967
  53. Ptychodesthes Kraatz, 1883
  54. Raceloma Thomson, 1877
  55. Rhamphorrhina Klug, 1855
  56. Rhinarion Ruter, 1965
  57. Rhomborhina Hope, 1837
  58. Scythropesthes Kraatz, 1880
  59. Smicorhina Westwood, 1847
  60. Spelaiorrhina Lansberge, 1886
  61. Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 1842
  62. Taurhina Burmeister, 1842
  63. Tmesorrhina Westwood, 1841
  64. Torynorrhina Arrow, 1907
  65. Trichoneptunides Legrand, 2001
  66. Trigonophorinus Pouillaude, 1913
  67. Trigonophorus Hope, 1831
References

References

  1. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Goliathini at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  2. Latreille PA (1829) Tome IV. Crustacés, arachnides et partie des insectes. In: Cuvier G. (Ed) Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation, pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée, avec figures dessinées d’après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Déterville, Paris, xxvii + 584 pp. [p. 571]
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