Golofa clavigera clavigera (Linnaeus, 1771)
Scarabaeus claviger Linnaeus, 1771 (original combination).
Scarabaeus hastatus Fabricius, 1781 (synonym).
Scarabaeus subgrundator Voet, 1806 (synonym).
Golofa puncticollis Thomson, 1860 (synonym).

Distribution: French Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. (Cespesdes and Ratcliffe 2010; Hwang 2011).

Identification: Cespesdes and Ratcliffe (2010), Endrödi (1985), Hwang (2011).

Life History: Unknown.

Larvae: Not described.

References:
Cespesdes, A. A. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2010. Golofa clavigera (Linnaeus, 1771) in Bolivia: a new country record (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae). Ecologia en Bolivia 45(1): 73–76.

Endrödi, S. 1977. Monographie der Dynastinae (Coleoptera) 6. Tribus: Dynastini. II. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 23: 37-86.

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum, Volume 1. Kiel, Germany. 552 pp.

Hope, F. W. 1837. On the Golofa beetle of Venezuela and its allied species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 2: 42-45.

Hwang, S.-M.-R. 2011. The Dynastini of the World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Nature and Ecology (Academic Series), Volume 4. Seoul, South Korea. 368 pp.

Lachaume, G. 1985. Dynastini 1: Dynastes – Megasoma – Golofa. Les Coleopteres du Monde 5. Sciences Nat, Venette, France. 85 pp, 29 plates.

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum, altera. Regni Animalis, Appendix. Stockholm, Sweden. 584 pp.

Thomson, J. 1860. Supplément a l'essai synoptique sur la sous-tribu des Scarabaeitae vrais publié dans l'Arcana Naturae, 1859, p.1. Musée scientifique ou recueil d'Histoire Naturelle, Volume 1, pp39-42. Published by the Author, Paris, France.

Voet J.E. 1766. Systematische Naamlyst van het geslacht van Insecten dat men Torren noemt (1766-1804), Bakhuysen, Den Haag 1:1-111.