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Megasoma elephas Fabricius, 1775

Самец Megasoma elephas

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 elephas

Species name(s)

Megasoma elephas Fabricius, 1775 = Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai, 2003 = Megasoma mexicanum FISCHER, 1968. [187]

Elephant Beetle.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:192867

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Самец Megasoma elephas

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov.

References

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