Phylogeny and systematics of the giant rhinoceros beetles (Scarabaeidae: Dynastini)
Author
Rowland, J. Mark
Author
Miller, Kelly B.
text
Insecta Mundi
2012
2012-11-30
2012
263
1
15
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5175646
1942-1354
5175646
Tribe
DYNASTINI MacLeay
Description.
Endrödi (1985)
constitutes the most recent comprehensive taxonomic review of the
Dynastinae
, in which he provides the following morphological description of the
Dynastini
relative to the other tribes of the subfamily:
“This tribe includes the biggest species of the whole family
Melolonthidae
. Most species display very strong sexual dimorphism. Horns of males often very long, head and pronotum [horns] in females usually almost absent. Fore legs of males mostly longer than in females. Also elytra in many species different: in male smooth, in female strongly sculptured. Mandibles mostly incised on apex, outer side straight or lobed. Antennae 10-jointed, club in both sexes short. Form of prosternal process highly variable. Propygidium either with or without a stridulatory area. Claw-joint of anterior tarsi strongly thickened only in
Dynastes neptunus Quensel
and
D. satanas Moser
; apex of basal-joint of hind tarsi rarely spiniformly produced.”