Biology:Xylotrupes taprobanes
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Xylotrupes taprobanes, is a species of rhinoceros beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1][2]
Description
The subspecies X. t. ganesha is described as follows:[3]
This glabrous and less shiny beetle is typically dark brown in color. Male is about 58 mm in length. Clypus broad and weakly emarginated. Pronotum large and more or less trapezoidal. A thoracic horn found on the disc. Scutellum matte, and punctuated. Elytra weakly shiny, broad convex and finely and irregularly punctuated. Pygidium densely punctuated except apex.[4][5]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized.[6]
- Xylotrupes taprobanus ganesha Silvestre, 2003
- Xylotrupes taprobanus taprobanus Prell, 1914
References
- ↑ "The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237010403_The_National_Red_List_2012_of_Sri_Lanka_Conservation_Status_of_the_Fauna_and_Flora.
- ↑ Moinudheen, Moinudheen (2019). "Species Focus On Sholicola Major". https://philpapers.org/rec/MOISFO.
- ↑ "New Distribution of Rhinoceros Beetle Xylotrupes Taprobanes Ganesha(Silvestre, 2003) in Tamilnadu, India". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331770688_New_Distribution_of_Rhinoceros_Beetle_Xylotrupes_Taprobanes_GaneshaSilvestre_2003_in_TamilnaduIndia.
- ↑ "RARE OCCURRENCE OF RHINOCEROS BEETLE (XYLOTRUPES TAPROBANES GANESHA SILVESTRE, 2003) IN TAMILNADU, INDIA". https://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-5ba0f0ad-afa9-4a3f-924a-ee1baa27e069/536.pdf.
- ↑ Rowland, J. Mark (2003). "Male horn dimorphism, phylogeny and systematics of rhinoceros beetles of the genus Xylotrupes (Scarabaeidae : Coleoptera)" (in en). pp. 213–258. doi:10.1071/zo02013. https://www.publish.csiro.au/zo/zo02013.
- ↑ "Xylotrupes taprobanus Prell, 1914" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1076326.
Wikidata ☰ Q107701037 entry
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