European Rhinoceros Beetle

European Rhinoceros Beetle

Taxobox| name = European Rhinoceros Beetle
status = LC



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Scarabaeidae
subfamilia = Dynastinae
genus = "Oryctes"
species = "O. nasicornis"
binomial = "Oryctes nasicornis"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1746

The European Rhinoceros Beetle ("Oryctes nasicornis") is a large flying beetle (6 cm) that inhabits the Palaearctic region.

See also

* Rhinoceros beetle

External links

* [http://ufuru.online.fr/www.u-furu.com/html/impressions.html U-FURU.com, European Rhinoceros Beetle]
* [http://www.imaginebutterflies.dk/Insects2.html ImagineButterflies.dk, Oryctes Nasicornis]
* [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id8136/ BioLib.cz]


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