Golofa

Golofa
Golofa claviger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Dynastini
Genus: Golofa
Hope, 1837
Synonyms
  • Asseroder Maunders, 1848
  • Mixigenus Thomson, 1859
  • Praogolofa Bates, 1892
61mm World Record Golofa Gaujoni Achieved By 黄小瀚 (China), in 2026

Golofa is a genus of rhinoceros beetles. The name Golofa is the indigenous name used for these beetles in Venezuela, and was adopted as a genus name when originally described in 1837; the genus name is masculine in gender, following ICZN Article 30.2.3.

Description

Golofa are large scarabs, and the males typically have a single horn on the head and another horn centrally on the prothorax; the horns are often elongate, and often curve towards each other.

Species

Be-Kuwa Records (Updated)

Golofa Gaujoni- 61mm (2026)

Golofa Aegon- 84.9mm (2025)

Golofa Claviger- 67.7mm (2020)

Golofa Porteri- 106.8mm (2010)

Golofa Globulicornis- 63.6mm (2024)

Golofa Spatha- 57.5mm (2024)

Golofa Bifidus- 69.4 (2025)

Be-Kuwa Records (Small-Updated)

Golofa Porteri- 43.5 (2024)

References

  1. ↑ Hope, F.W. 1837. On the Golofa Beetle of Venezuela and its allied species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2(1): 42–45.
  2. 1 2 Morón, Miguel Angel (1995). "Review of the Mexican Species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 49 (4): 343–386. JSTOR 4009183.