Goliathini
| Goliathini | |
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| Goliathus goliatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Cetoniinae |
| Tribe: | Goliathini Latreille, 1829 |
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Goliathini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] These include the very large beetles of the type genus Goliathus and the term "Goliathides" was first used by Pierre André Latreille.[2]
Genera
[edit]The following genera are recognised in the tribe Goliathini:[1]
- subtribe Dicronocephalina Krikken, 1984
- Dicronocephalus Hope, 1831
- subtribe Goliathina
- Argyrophegges Kraatz, 1895
- Fornasinius Bertoloni, 1852
- Goliathus Lamarck, 1801
- Hegemus Thomson, 1881
- Hypselogenia Burmeister, 1840
- subtribe Ichnestomina Burmeister, 1842
- Gariep Péringuey, 1907
- Ichnestoma Gory & Percheron, 1833
- Karooida Perissinotto, 2020
- Mzansica Perissinotto, 2020
- subtribe Rhomborhinina Westwood, 1842
- Amaurodes Westwood, 1843
- Anagnathocera Arrow, 1922
- Anisorrhina Westwood, 1842
- Asthenorhella Westwood, 1874
- Asthenorhina Westwood, 1843
- Bietia Fairmaire, 1898
- Bothrorrhina Burmeister, 1842
- Caelorrhina Hope, 1841
- Ceratorhinella De Palma, Takano, Léonard & Bouyer, 2021
- Cheirolasia Westwood, 1842
- Chelorhinella De Palma & Frantz, 2010
- Chloresthia Fairmaire, 1905
- Chlorocala Kirby, 1828
- Chondrorrhina Kraatz, 1880
- Compsocephalus White, 1845
- Cosmiomorpha Saunders, 1852
- Cyphonocephalus Westwood, 1842
- Desfontainesia Alexis & Delpont, 2001
- Dicellachilus Waterhouse, 1905
- Dicheros Gory & Percheron, 1833
- Dicronorhina Hope, 1837
- Diphyllomorpha Hope, 1843
- Dymusia Burmeister, 1842
- Euchloropus Arrow, 1907
- Eudicella White, 1839
- Eutelesmus Waterhouse, 1880
- Gnathocera Kirby, 1825
- Gnorimimelus Kraatz, 1880
- Hemiheterorrhina Mikšić, 1974
- Herculaisia Seilliere, 1910
- Heterorhina Westwood, 1842
- Ingrisma Fairmaire, 1893
- Ischnoscelis Burmeister, 1842
- Jumnos Saunders, 1839
- Lansbergia Ritsema, 1888
- Lophorrhina Westwood, 1842
- Lophorrhinides Perissinotto, Clennell & Beinhundner, 2019
- Mawenzhena Alexis & Delpont, 2001
- Mecynorhina Hope, 1837
- Mecynorrhinella Marais & Holm, 1992
- Moseriana Ruter, 1965
- Mystroceros Burmeister, 1842
- Narycius Dupont, 1835
- Neophaedimus Lucas, 1870
- Neoscelis Schoch, 1897
- Pedinorrhina Kraatz, 1880
- Periphanesthes Kraatz, 1880
- Petrovitzia Mikšić, 1965
- Platynocephalus Westwood, 1854
- Priscorrhina Krikken, 1984
- Pseudodiceros Mikšić, 1974
- Pseudotorynorrhina Mikšić, 1967
- Ptychodesthes Kraatz, 1883
- Raceloma Thomson, 1877
- Rhamphorrhina Klug, 1855
- Rhinarion Ruter, 1965
- Rhomborhina Hope, 1837
- Scythropesthes Kraatz, 1880
- Smicorhina Westwood, 1847
- Spelaiorrhina Lansberge, 1886
- Stephanorrhina Burmeister, 1842
- Taurhina Burmeister, 1842
- Tmesorrhina Westwood, 1841
- Torynorrhina Arrow, 1907
- Trichoneptunides Legrand, 2001
- Trigonophorinus Pouillaude, 1913
- Trigonophorus Hope, 1831
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Goliathini at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
- ^ Latreille PA (1829) Tome IV. Crustacés, arachnides et partie des insectes. In: Cuvier G. (Ed) Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation, pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée, avec figures dessinées d’après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Déterville, Paris, xxvii + 584 pp. [p. 571]
External links
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