Biology:Dynastes maya

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Dynastes maya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Dynastes
Species:
D. maya
Binomial name
Dynastes maya
Hardy, M. 2003

Dynastes maya, the Maya white beetle,[1] is a species of New World scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae). It has a distribution range in the Central American region, specifically in southern Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

D. maya is part of the genus Dynastes, whose species include the Hercules beetle. D. maya is sister species to Dynastes moroni.[3]

Description

The horns on males of this species are thick and stout pronotal. This species elytra has a olive coloured green coloration to it. The species is morphologically similar to the species Dynastes hyllus and Dynastes hercules.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Maya White Beetle (Dynastes maya)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/306839-Dynastes-maya. 
  2. "Dynastes maya Hardy, 2003" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1074498. 
  3. Huang JP, Knowles LL (2015) The species versus subspecies conundrum: Quantitative delimitation from integrating multiple data types within a single Bayesian approach in Hercules beetles. Syst Biol 65(4):685–99
  4. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles-Scarabaeidae-Dynastinae-Dynastini-Dynastes". https://unsm-ento.unl.edu/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Scarabaeidae/Dynastinae/Dynastinae-Tribes/Dynastini/Dynastes/D-maya/Dmaya.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1953546 entry