Biology:Megasoma gyas

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Short description: Species of beetle

Megasoma gyas
Megasoma gyas m2.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Megasoma
Species:
M. gyas
Binomial name
Megasoma gyas
(Herbst, 1785)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus Goliath Voet, 1766 (Unav.)
  • Scarabaeus gyas Herbst, 1785
  • Scarabaeus esau Herbst, 1785
  • Scarabaeus laniger Olivier, 1789
  • Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968

Megasoma gyas is a species of large Neotropical rhinoceros beetles. There are no recognized subspecies.[2]

Description

Megasoma gyas have setae all over their bodies. Males have three thoracic horns and one cephalic horn. Females are without horns.

References

  1. Megasoma gyas HERBST, 1785
  2. M. Prandi, P. Grossi, F. Vaz-de-Mello (2020) Revision of the Megasoma (Megasoma) gyas (Jablonsky in Herbst, 1785) species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae). ZooKeys 999:109-145. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.999.53130

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q644724 entry