Dynastes

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Dynastinae
Genus: Dynastes
Species

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Dynastes is a genus of large beetles, mostly from Central America, the males of which bear two long horns forming a plier. There are eight species in the genus:

  • Dynastes granti: Mexico
  • Hercules beetle, Dynastes hercules Linnaeus: Central America and West Indies
  • Neptune beetle, Dynastes neptunus Quensel.: Central America and West Indies
  • Dynastes hyllus (Chevrolat, 1843): Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua. Male: 35-70 mm; female : 30-45 mm
  • Dynastes maya (Hardy, 2002): Mexico, Guatemala. Male: 50-90 mm; female: 40-50 mm
  • Dynastes miyashitai (?, 2003): Mexico. Male: 50-90 mm; female : 40-50 mm
  • Dynastes sanatas (Moser, 1909): Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina. Male : 50-115 mm; female : 30-55 mm
  • The Unicorn beetle, Dynastes tityus Linnaeus: Mexico
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