The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Bahamas with a description of a new species of Cyclocephala from Great Inagua Island Author Ratcliffe, Brett C. Systematics Research Collections University of Nebraska State Museum W 436 Nebraska Hall Lincoln, NE 68588 - 0514 U. S. A. Author Cave, Ronald D. University of Florida Indian River Research and Education Center 2199 S. Rock Road Ft. Pierce, FL, 34945, U. S. A. text Insecta Mundi 2008 2008-01-28 2008 24 1 10 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4532768 1942-1354 4532768 Strategus atlanticus Ratcliffe Strategus atlanticus , known only by the holotype , is from San Salvador Island (formerly Watling Island) in the Bahamas ( Ratcliffe 1976 ). Christopher Columbus made his first New World landfall at this island on 12 October 1492 . The name of the island was changed from Watling to San Salvador, the original name given to it by Columbus, in 1926. The occurrence of S. atlanticus on San Salvador in the southern Bahamas is almost certainly the result of its ancestors being fortuitously rafted from Cuba , Hispaniola, or Puerto Rico , where it has close phylogenetic relationships with S. aenobarbus (Fabr.) , S. ajax , and S. talpa (Fabr.) ( Ratcliffe 1976 ) . San Salvador , 10-21 October 1891 , C. B. Cory , 1 male , MCZC .