Golofa costaricensis Bates, 1888
Golofa costaricensis Bates. 1888 (original combination).

Distribution: Costa Rica and Panama. (Ratcliffe 2003).

Identification: Bates (1888), Ratcliffe (2003), Hwang (2011).

Life History: Adults are occasionally attracted to lights. They have been observed resting (feeding?) on Chusquea sp. (Bambusaceae) in Chiriqui, Panama. They have been collected from premontane rain forests, lower montane rain forests, and montane rain forests between the elevations of 1,250-2,400 meters. (Ratcliffe 2003).

Larvae: Not described.

References:
Bates, H. W. 1888. Pectinicornia and Lamellicornia, Family Dynastidae. In: Godman, F. D. and O. Salvin (Editors), Biologia Centrali-American. Insecta, Coleoptera. Volume 2, Part. 2: 296–342.

Hwang, S. -M. -R. 2011. The Dynastini of the World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Nature & 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.

Ratcliffe, B. C. 2003. The dynastine scarab beetles of Costa Rica and Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 16: 1-506.