Biology:Megasoma gyas
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Megasoma |
| Species: | M. gyas
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| Binomial name | |
| Megasoma gyas (Herbst, 1785)[1]
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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
- ↑ Megasoma gyas HERBST, 1785
- ↑ 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
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