Panamanian Dynastinae: Species Records


This database of dynastine scarab beetles from Panama is a result of an NSF-funded project to faunistically survey the Dynastinae of Costa Rica and Panama. This project was formally conducted from 1993-1996 with about 20 years of pre-project activity in Panama. The Panama information was assembled using BIOTA at the University of Nebraska State Museum, while the Costa Rican data was assembled at INBio in Costa Rica. The Panama data was assembled from various collections in the United States, Canada, and Panama, and it augments the principal block of information at the University of Nebraska State Museum. It is "current" through 1996. The BIOTA database at Nebraska contains all specimen-related information, but only the principal fields are presented here.

 Cyclocephalini

Ancognatha (5 Species)

Aspidolea (4 Species)

Cyclocephala (58 Species)

Dyscinetus (3 Species)

Erioscelis (1 Species)

Mimeoma (2 Species)

Stenocrates (4 Species)

 

Cyclocephala williami Ratcliffe

 Pentodontini

Barutus (1 Species)

Bothynus (2 Species)

Euetheola (2 Species)

Gibboryctes (1 Species)

Ligyrus (6 Species)

Parapucaya (1 Species)

Pucaya (1 Species)

 

Ligyrus similis Endrödi

 Oryctini

Coelosis (1 Species)

Enema  (2 Species)

Heterogomphus (6 Species)

Megaceras (2 Species)

Podischnus (1 Species)

Strategus (3 Species)

Xyloryctes (3 Species)

 

Strategus aloeus (L.)

 Phileurini

Amblyodus (1 Species)

Goniophileurus  (1 Species)

Hemiphileurus (6 Species)

Homophileurus (3 Species)

Paraphileurus (1 Species)

Phileurus (6 Species)

 

Phileurus youngi Ratcliffe

 Agaocephalini

Aegopsis  (1 Species)

Spodistes  (4 Species)

 

Spodistes batesi Arrow

 Dynastini

Dynastes  (1 Species)

Golofa  (3 Species)

Megasoma  (3 Species)

 

Dynastes hercules (L.)


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