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Megasoma

Synonyms: Lycophontes; Megalosoma; Megalosomus; Megasominus

Wikipedia Abstract

Megasoma is a rhinoceros beetle genus. Commonly known as the elephant beetles, Megasoma species are found from the southern half of North America to most of South America.
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Species

Megasoma actaeon
Megasoma anubis
Megasoma bollei
Megasoma cedrosa
Megasoma elephas (Elephant beetle)
Megasoma gyas
Megasoma hermes
Megasoma hyperion
Megasoma janus
Megasoma joergenseni
Megasoma lecontei
Megasoma mars
Megasoma nogueirai
Megasoma occidentalis
Megasoma pachecoi
Megasoma prandii
Megasoma punctulatum
Megasoma sleeperi
Megasoma svobodaorum
Megasoma thersites
Megasoma typhon
Megasoma vogti (Texas Elephant Beetle)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0