Golofa xiximeca Morón, 1995
Golofa xiximeca Morón, 1995 (original combination).

Distribution: Mexico. (Morón 1995; Hwang 2011; Ratcliffe et al. 2013).

Identification: Morón (1995), Hwang (2011), Ratcliffe et al. (2013)

Life History: Morón (1995) reported that G. xiximeca lives in humid pine-oak forests in Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico between the elevations of 1,330-1450 m, and we have speciemens from 1,770 m in Nayarit. Morón (1995) noted that most of the specimens in the type series were found feeding on an unidentified, cane-like grass or in flight, and that they were not attracted to a mercury vapor light trap. (Ratcliffe et al. 2013).

Larvae: Not described.

References:
Morón, M. A. 1995. Review of the Mexican species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, Volume 49 (4): 343–386.

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

Ratcliffe, B. C., R. D. Cave, and E. B. Cano. 2013. The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 27: 1-666.