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Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Самец Megasoma actaeon

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Coleoptera → suborder Polyphaga → infraorder Scarabeiformia → superfamily Scarabaeoidea → family Scarabaeidae → subfamily Dynastinae → tribe Dynastini → genus Megasoma → species Megasoma actaeon

Species name(s)

Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus, 1758) = Megasoma janus Felsche, 1906 = Megasoma janus argentinum Höhne, 1923 = Geotrupes crenatus LEACH, 1817 = Megasoma mexicanum FISCHER, 1968 = Scarabaeus simson Linnaeus, 1767. [187]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:192863

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Самец Megasoma actaeon

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela [PC93].

Subspecies of Megasoma actaeon

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov.

Text data: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

Comments

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07.06.2017 22:06, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Zoogeographical regions: No formalized data → Neotropic.

03.06.2017 14:45, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Megasoma actaeon Linnaeus, 1758 → (Linnaeus, 1758).

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