Dynastes maya | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Dynastes |
Species: | D. maya
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Binomial name | |
Dynastes maya Hardy, M. 2003
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Dynastes maya, the Maya white beetle, [1] is a species of New World scarab beetles ( Scarabaeidae). It has a distribution range in the Central American region, specifically in southern Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. [1] [2]
D. maya is part of the genus Dynastes, whose species include the Hercules beetle. D. maya is sister species to Dynastes moroni. [3]
The horns on males of this species are thick and stout pronotal. This species elytra has a olive coloured green coloration to it. The species is morphologically similar to the species Dynastes hyllus and Dynastes hercules. [4] The coloration of its body might be because of introgression from Dynastes septentrionalis, a sympatric species of Hercules beetle. [5]
Dynastes maya | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Dynastes |
Species: | D. maya
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Binomial name | |
Dynastes maya Hardy, M. 2003
|
Dynastes maya, the Maya white beetle, [1] is a species of New World scarab beetles ( Scarabaeidae). It has a distribution range in the Central American region, specifically in southern Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. [1] [2]
D. maya is part of the genus Dynastes, whose species include the Hercules beetle. D. maya is sister species to Dynastes moroni. [3]
The horns on males of this species are thick and stout pronotal. This species elytra has a olive coloured green coloration to it. The species is morphologically similar to the species Dynastes hyllus and Dynastes hercules. [4] The coloration of its body might be because of introgression from Dynastes septentrionalis, a sympatric species of Hercules beetle. [5]