DYNASTINAE - RHINOCEROS BEETLES

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Thanks to Carlos Aguilar Julio for his assistance with the identification of the species in this gallery.
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FIGURE 1 - Bothynus cylindricus - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 2 - Diloboderus abderus - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Enema pan - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent June 2005).
FIGURE 4 - Enema pan - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 5 - Enema pan - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 6 - Heterogomphus aidoneus male - Cerro Acahy, Departamento Paraguari (Carlos Aguilar Julio December 2005).
FIGURE 7 - Heterogomphus eteocles male - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel undated - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 8 - Heterogomphus eteocles female - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007 undated - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 9 - Stenocrates sp. - PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 10 - Stenocrates carinatus - Naranjo, Departamento Cordillera (Carlos Aguilar Julio November 2006).
FIGURE 11 - Strategus mandibularis male  - Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith April 2005).
FIGURE 12 - Strategus surinamensis ? female  - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith May 2007).