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
- Golofa aegeon <small>(Drury, 1773)</small>
- Golofa antiquus <small>Arrow, 1911</small>
- Golofa argentina <small>Arrow, 1911</small>
- Golofa claviger <small>(Linnaeus, 1771)</small>
- Golofa cochlearis <small>Ohaus, 1910</small>
- Golofa costaricensis <small>Bates, 1888</small>
- Golofa eacus <small>Burmeister, 1847</small>
- Golofa gaujoni <small>Lachaume, 1985</small>
- Golofa globulicornis <small>Dechambre, 1975</small>
- Golofa hirsutus <small>Ratcliffe, 2003</small>
- Golofa imbellis <small>Bates, 1888</small>
- Golofa imperialis <small>Thomson, 1858</small>
- Golofa incas <small>Hope, 1837</small>
- Golofa inermis <small>Thomson, 1859</small>
- Golofa minutus
- Golofa obliquicornis <small>Dechambre, 1975</small>
- Golofa paradoxus <small>Dechambre, 1975</small>
- Golofa pelagon <small>Burmeister, 1847</small>
- Golofa pizarro <small>Hope, 1837</small>
- Golofa porteri <small>Hope, 1837</small>
- Golofa pusillus <small>Arrow, 1911</small>
- Golofa solisi <small>Ratcliffe, 2003</small>
- Golofa spatha <small>Dechambre, 1989</small>
- Golofa tepaneneca <small>Morón, 1995</small>
- Golofa tersander <small>(Burmeister, 1847)</small>
- Golofa testudinarius <small>Prell, 1934</small>
- Golofa unicolor <small>(Bates, 1891)</small>
- Golofa xiximeca <small>Morón, 1995</small>
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