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.[1]
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.
^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.
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abMorón, Miguel Angel (1995). "Review of the Mexican Species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 49 (4): 343–386.
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