Golofa claviger

Golofa claviger is a beetle species of the genus Golofa. It lives in Peru and Ecuador. It reaches about 40 to 65 mm for males, and 35 to 55 mm for females.[1] This species is considered a pest of oil palms found in Brazil. The beetle's feeding behavior damages the palm's tissues and limits its photosynthetic capacity.[2]

Golofa claviger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Dynastinae
Genus:
Golofa
Species:
claviger

(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus claviger Linnaeus, 1771
  • Scarabaeus hastatus Fabricius, 1781
  • Scarabaeus subgrundator Voet, 1806
  • Golofa guildinii Hope, 1837
  • Golofa puncticollis Thomson, 1860
  • Golofa guildingi
  • Golofa hastatus
  • Golofa sagittaria
  • Golofa subgrundator

References
  1. "世界甲虫学名及尺寸对照_动物吧_百度贴吧". Tieba.baidu.com. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. Valois, Marcely; Tinôco, Ricardo; Chia, Gilson; Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando; Grossi, Paschoal; Silva, Fernando (2019). "Giant rhinoceros beetle Golofa claviger (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastini) is damaging North Brazilian oil palm plantations". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 63: 6–8. doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2018.11.003.


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