Megasoma gyas

Megasoma gyas are Neotropical rhinoceros beetles.

Megasoma gyas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Megasoma
Species:
M. gyas
Binomial name
Megasoma gyas
Herbst, 1785[1]
Subspecies
  • M. g. gyas
  • M. g. rumbucheri
  • M. g. porioni

Description

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

Subspecies
  • Megasoma gyas gyas Herbst, 1785[2]
  • Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968
  • Megasoma gyas porioni Nagai, 2003

References
  1. Megasoma gyas HERBST, 1785
  2. Megasoma gyas gyas HERBST, 1785


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