Information: Oryctes (Rykanoryctes) agamemnon, the widespread species was first described in 1847 by the German entomologist Hermann Burmeister from Egypt.
Body length: 24 - 60 mm
Peak activity: January - December (depends on region)
Remarks: Oryctes agamemnon has four described subspecies that are serious pests of date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in many date palm growing countries. These pests seriously damage palm trees, reducing the quantity and quality of date fruits and weakening the trunks, which eventually fall and die.
Distribution: Afghanistan, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, (India, Yemen ??)
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical, Palearctic
Taxonomic classification:
The Beetles of the World, No 27: Dynastidae, the Genus Oryctes | Dechambre 2001
Subspecies: 4
Information:
Body length: 25 - 45 mmmm
Distribution: Somalia, Sudan, Egypt
[= Oryctes arabicus Fairmaire, 1896]
Information: Oryctes agamemnon ssp. arabicus is a date palm pest found primarily in the Arabian Peninsula. In Tunisia, O. a. arabicus was accidentally introduced to the Mrah Lahouar oasis in the Djerid from the United Arab Emirates in the late 1970s.
Body length: 24 - 40 mm
Remarks: A common species in Oman and the Emirates that is attracted to a light trap.
Distribution: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, (Yemen??)
Material examined (& observation):
Our observation period: August ~ October, March ~ April
Sampling Methods: Attracted to light trap 
Information:
Body length: 25 - 50 mm
Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, (India, Saudi Arabia??)
[= Oryctes sinaica Walker, 1871]
Information:
Body length: 24 - 45 mm
Distribution: Egypt, Israel
OmanThe Dynastidae of the World
Oryctes (Rykanorycte) agamemnon ssp. arabicus
The Scarabs of the Levant by Guido Sabatinelli
Oryctes (Rykanorycte) agamemnon
Fauna of the UAE | Order Coleoptera, superfamily Scarabaeoidea, Král & Batelka 2017.pdf
