Dynastes
| Dynastes | |
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| Dynastes granti | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Dynastinae |
| Genus: | Dynastes Kirby, 1825 |
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Dynastes is a genus of large beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Species
There are eight species in the genus:
- Dynastes granti (Horn, 1870) – Western Hercules beetle or Grants' Hercules beetle (USA: Arizona)
- Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758) – Hercules beetle (Central and South America)
- Dynastes hyllus (Chevrolat, 1843) – (Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua. Male: 35–70 mm; female : 30–45 mm)
- Dynastes maya (Hardy, 2003) Maya white beetle[1] – (Mexico, Guatemala. Male: 50–90 mm; female: 40–50 mm)
- Dynastes miyashitai (Yamaya, 2004) – (Mexico. Male: 50–90 mm; female : 40–50 mm)
- Dynastes neptunus (Quensel in Schönherr, 1805) – Neptune beetle (South America: Colombia)
- Dynastes satanas (Moser, 1909) – Satanas beetle (Bolivia. Male : 50–115 mm; female : 30–55 mm)
- Dynastes tityus (Linnaeus, 1763) – Unicorn beetle or Eastern Hercules beetle (United States)
Description
Dynastinae head and prothorax showing the pliers
Species of this genus may have greenish-gray or black elytra, often mottled with dark dots. The males bear two long horns forming a plier. In males the pronotum has a long horn with reddish setae beneath. This pronotal horn lacks in females.[3]
Distribution
These species are present in the Nearctic ecozone and in the Neotropical ecozone, from southern and eastern up to central Mexico and Bolivia.[3]
Gallery
Dynastes neptunus
Bibliography
- Hardy, 2003 - Description of a new species of Dynastes Kirby, Besoiro, Nr. 9
- Lachaume (G.), 1985 - The Beetles of the World, volume 5, Dynastini 1. (Dynastidae)
- Reid, 1995 - Une nouvelle sous-espèce de Dynastes hercules, Besoiro, Nr. 1
- Rigout (J.), 1985 - Elevage de Dynastes hercules, Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 45
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