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Phileurus truncatus
Adult female
Scientific classification
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Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
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P. truncatus
Binomial name
Phileurus truncatus
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Phileurus recurvatas (Casey, 1915)

Phileurus truncatus, Triceratops Beetle, [2] is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

Body length, 32-38 millimeters. Both adult males and females have large and distinct horns on the head. [2]

Distribution

Virginia, south to Florida, west to Tennessee and southeastern Arizona. [2]

References

  1. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Phileurus truncatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press; in the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. p. 172. ISBN  9781400851829.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phileurus truncatus
Adult female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
Species:
P. truncatus
Binomial name
Phileurus truncatus
(Palisot de Beauvois, 1806)
Synonyms
  • Phileurus recurvatas (Casey, 1915)

Phileurus truncatus, Triceratops Beetle, [2] is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

Body length, 32-38 millimeters. Both adult males and females have large and distinct horns on the head. [2]

Distribution

Virginia, south to Florida, west to Tennessee and southeastern Arizona. [2]

References

  1. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Phileurus truncatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
  2. ^ a b c Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press; in the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. p. 172. ISBN  9781400851829.



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