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The Goliath beetles (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are any of the six species in the genus Goliathus. Goliath beetles are among the largest insects on Earth, if measured in terms of size, bulk and weight. [1] [2] They are members of subfamily Cetoniinae, within the family Scarabaeidae. [1]
Goliathus goliathus trivittatus Endrödi, 1960 Goliathus goliathus vittiger Endrödi, 1960 Goliathus goliatus is a very large species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae , native to tropical Africa.
Goliathus regius is very similar to Goliathus goliatus in both structure and colour characters. [4] It is one of the largest species of the genus Goliathus, with a body length of 50–115 millimetres (2.0–4.5 in) in males and of 56–82 millimetres (2.2–3.2 in) in females.
Goliathus orientalis is one of the largest species of the genus Goliathus, with a body length of about 50–100 millimetres (2.0–3.9 in) in males, [3] of about 50–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in) in females. [3] [4] The body is broad and flat. Elytra are whitish with a complex pattern of black markings usually in the form of black rings.
Goliathus albosignatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae, described by Carl Henrik Boheman in 1857. It is one of several species of Goliath beetles that inhabit Africa, but it is the only one exclusively found in subtropical sections of the continent.
Goliathus cacicus can reach a length of 50–100 millimetres (2.0–3.9 in) in males, of 58–79 millimetres (2.3–3.1 in) in females. The presence of sexual dichromatism in this species of beetle can be traced to the randomly structured filaments in the elytra of both males and females, contributing to vast differences in coloration and luster.
Goliathus kolbei is one of the Goliath beetles, placed in the genus Goliathus, and the sole member of its own subgenus, Argyrophegges (sometimes misspelled as Argyropheges), which has historically sometimes been treated as a separate genus.
The hercules beetle, the world's longest beetle. Beetles constitute the most diverse order of organisms on earth, with about 400,000 species identified to this day. The most massive of them belong to the genera Goliathus, Megasoma, Chalcosoma, Titanus, Macrodontia, and Xixuthrus.