Golofa

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