Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Rhinoceros Beetle)

Interactions where Sinodendron cylindricum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
imago imago may be found in dead wood Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesdeadwood
larva larva feeds within wood Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabircheswood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchessawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut Fagales: Fagaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutdeadwood
larva larva feeds within wood Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutwood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Castanea sativa Sweet Chestnut Fagales: Fagaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/Castanea sativasweet chestnutsawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechesdeadwood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Fagus beeches Fagales: Fagaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/Fagusbeechessawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
larva larva feeds within dead or rotten wood Fagus sylvatica Beech Fagales: Fagaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/Fagus sylvaticabeechdead or rottenwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashesdeadwood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Fraxinus ashes Lamiales: Oleaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus/Fraxinusashessawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
larva larva feeds within dead or rotten wood Fraxinus excelsior Ash Lamiales: Oleaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/Fraxinus excelsiorashdead or rottenwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead or rotten wood Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsdead or rottenwood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowssawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/Tilialimesdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead or rotten wood Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/Tilialimesdead or rottenwood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Tilia limes Malvales: Malvaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/Tilialimessawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapplesdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead or rotten wood Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapplesdead or rottenwood
ovum ovum may be found in sawdust-packed tunnel in dead wood Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleovum Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapplessawdust-packed tunnel in deadwood
imago imago may be found in dead wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleimago Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdeadwood
larva larva feeds within dead or rotten wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetlelarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdead or rottenwood

Interactions where Sinodendron cylindricum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
borings borings may attract imago Saprosites mendax a dung beetle Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), Jessop, L., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Scarabaeidae/Saprosites mendax/Saprosites mendaxa dung beetleimago Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Lucanidae/Sinodendron cylindricum/Sinodendron cylindricumrhinoceros beetleborings imago is associated with borings

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Jessop, L., 1986Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 11, New edition, 53pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Sinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle)
FamilyLUCANIDAE (stag and rhinocerus beetles)
SuperfamilySCARABAEOIDEA (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
Series Scarabaeiformia (scarabs, dung and stag beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle)

Sinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle):

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