Subfamily Dynastinae
- Beetles in this subfamily are stout bodied, usually black or dark brown in colour. Males and females may look different in this subfamily. Males bear horns which are disproportionately large. Adults do not feed on leaves and are active at night.
- Larvae live in soil feed on roots or decaying plant matter or rotten logs.
Family Scarabaeidae
This page contains information and pictures about Black Scarab Subfamily Dynastinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Rhinoceros
Beetle
- Xylotrupes gideon, body length 50-60mm
- Rhinoceros Beetles are also called Elephant Beetles. The male and female are look quite different. Larvae feed on roots and decaying vegetables. To see more information on this beetle please click here.
- Dynastine Beetle
A
B
- A, female B, male
- Dasygnathus trituberculatus, body length 23mm
- Those beetles are active at night. They are dark brown to almost black in colour. Male and female are look different. They sometimes come to the light on summer night. We had identified this beetle as Semanopterus solidus. Thank you to our visitor Yannig Ponchel from Paris, he advised us by email that this should be Dasygnathus trituberculatus.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 630.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p230.
- 3. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987, p33.
