Ogyges (beetle)

Ogyges
Ogyges championi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Passalidae
Genus: Ogyges
Kaup, 1871
Synonyms
  • Proculejoides Kuwert, 1896
  • Oxyges Wytsman, 1884

Ogyges is a genus of beetles in the family Passalidae.[1][2] The genus is distributed in Meso-America, from Mexico to Nicaragua.[2]

Ogyges are flightless and saproxylophagous.[2]

Species

There are 25 recognized species:[1]

  • Ogyges adamsi Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990
  • Ogyges aluxi Schuster, Cano & Boucher, 2005
  • Ogyges cakchiqueli Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990
  • Ogyges cavei Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges championi (Bates, 1886)
  • Ogyges coxchicopi Schuster, Cano & Boucher, 2005
  • Ogyges crassulus (Casey, 1897)
  • Ogyges furcillatus Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990
  • Ogyges handali Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges hondurensis Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990
  • Ogyges kekchii Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990
  • Ogyges laevissimus (Kaup, 1868)
  • Ogyges laurae Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges llama Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges marilucasae Reyes-Castillo & Castillo, 1986
  • Ogyges menchuae Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges monzoni Schuster, Cano & Boucher, 2005
  • Ogyges mutenroshii Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges nahuali Schuster, Cano & Boucher, 2005
  • Ogyges politus (Hincks, 1953)
  • Ogyges quichensis Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990
  • Ogyges ratcliffei Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges sandinoi Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges toriyamai Cano, 2014
  • Ogyges tzutuhili Schuster & Reyes-Castillo, 1990

References

  1. ^ a b "Ogyges Kaup, 1871". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c Cano, Enio B.; Schuster, Jack C.; Morrone, Juan (2018). "Phylogenetics of Ogyges Kaup and the biogeography of Nuclear Central America (Coleoptera, Passalidae)". ZooKeys. 737: 81–111. Bibcode:2018ZooK..737...81C. doi:10.3897/zookeys.737.20741. PMC 5904369. PMID 29674874.