. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. Fig. 62.—Pachyoryctes solidus, male, natural size, with lateral view of head and thorax (above) and enlarged details of labium and maxilla (below). prominent than in the male. The scutellum is rather more pointed and the elytra a little longer. Length 40-48 mm.; breadth 23-26 mm. BuEMA : Karen Hills, 2700-3300 ft. {L. Fea). Type in the Genoa Museum; cotype in the British Museum. The male has the appearance of a stout and broad Oryctes, while the female greatly resembles that of a Trichogomphus, but the structure of the hind tarsi, the maxillae, the ho
. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Scarabaeidae. Fig. 62.—Pachyoryctes solidus, male, natural size, with lateral view of head and thorax (above) and enlarged details of labium and maxilla (below). prominent than in the male. The scutellum is rather more pointed and the elytra a little longer. Length 40-48 mm.; breadth 23-26 mm. BuEMA : Karen Hills, 2700-3300 ft. {L. Fea). Type in the Genoa Museum; cotype in the British Museum. The male has the appearance of a stout and broad Oryctes, while the female greatly resembles that of a Trichogomphus, but the structure of the hind tarsi, the maxillae, the horn of the male, etc., show it to have a truer relationship with the Chalcosoma group, although the absence of any elongation of the legs of the male forms an important distinction from Chalcosoma, Eupatorus, etc. Genus ORYCTES. Oryctes, Illiger, Kiifei- Preussens, 1798, p. 11; Lacord,, Gen, Coleopt. iii, 1856, p. 430. Type, Scarabceus nasicornis, L. Range. Europe, Asia, Africa and Madagascar. Eorm rather narrowly cylindrical, convex, smooth on the upper surface, and clothed beneath with short erect hairs. Clypeus triangular and blunt or bifid, with acute recurved angles. Head armed in both sexes with a short horn, slender and recurved in the male. Lower surface of the clypeus and organs of the mouth T. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Arrow, G. J. (Gilbert John), 1873-1948. London, Taylor and Francis
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