Megasoma gyas

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

Megasoma gyas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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


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