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Subfamily: Dynastinae (rhinoceros beetles)
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> Polyphaga > Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
> Family: Scarabaeidae
Rhinoceros beetles are so named because the males of many
species have large horns on the head and prothorax, used in fighting.
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Cyphonistes vallatus, Fork-horned Rhino Beetle,
29mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
Oryctes boas, Rhioceros Beetle, 44mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
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Heteronychus arator, Black Maize beetle, 12-15mm.
[image by M. Picker & C.
Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa,
used with permission]. |
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