Golofa

Golofa is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name Golofa is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following ICZN Article 30.2.3.^[1]

Golofa
Golofa claviger
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Dynastini
Genus:	Golofa Hope, 1837
Synonyms
Asseroder Maunders, 1848 Mixigenus Thomson, 1859 Praogolofa Bates, 1892

Description

Golofa are large scarabs, and the males typically have a single horn on the head and another horn centrally on the prothorax; the horns are often elongate, and often curve towards each other.

Species

• Golofa aegeon (Drury, 1773)
• Golofa antiquus Arrow, 1911
• Golofa argentina Arrow, 1911
• Golofa claviger (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Golofa cochlearis Ohaus, 1910
• Golofa costaricensis Bates, 1888
• Golofa eacus Burmeister, 1847
• Golofa gaujoni Lachaume, 1985
• Golofa globulicornis Dechambre, 1975
• Golofa hirsutus Ratcliffe, 2003
• Golofa imbellis Bates, 1888
• Golofa imperialis Thomson, 1858
• Golofa incas Hope, 1837
• Golofa inermis Thomson, 1859
• Golofa minutus
• Golofa obliquicornis Dechambre, 1975
• Golofa paradoxus Dechambre, 1975
• Golofa pelagon Burmeister, 1847
• Golofa pizarro Hope, 1837
• Golofa porteri Hope, 1837
• Golofa pusillus Arrow, 1911
• Golofa solisi Ratcliffe, 2003
• Golofa spatha Dechambre, 1989
• Golofa tepaneneca Morón, 1995^[2]
• Golofa tersander (Burmeister, 1847)
• Golofa testudinarius Prell, 1934
• Golofa unicolor (Bates, 1891)
• Golofa xiximeca Morón, 1995^[2]