Strategus longichomperus Ratcliffe, 1976

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T., 2009, New records of dynastine scarab beetles in the tribes Oryctini, Agaocephalini and Dynastini from Cayo district, Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (99), pp. 1-9 : 5-6

Strategus longichomperus Ratcliffe, 1976

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Specimens examined. 12 (4 males and 8 females). MGCB and JKCE.

Localities. Las Cuevas (9), Pook’s Hill (3)

Temporal data. May (3), June (9)

Distribution. Mexico to Honduras (Ratcliffe and Cave 2006). NEW COUNTRY RECORD for Belize.

Remarks. This and the following species were the most common species of Strategus at Las Cuevas. The females were more common at light than the males by a ratio of approximately 3:1.

Figures

Figure 4-8. Dynastinae collected at Las Cuevas research station, Cayo, Belize, during June 2006. Male specimens illustrated.4) Enema endymion. 5) Strategus aloeus.6) Strategus longichomperus. 7) Strategus jugurtha.8) Spodistes mniszechi. Photographs by James Kitson.