Elephant beetle [1] ( lat. Megasoma elephas ) - a large beetle of the family lamellar ( Scarabaeidae ), subfamily of the hollow ( Dynastinae ).
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Description
Male. Side view
One of the largest beetles in the world. The body length of males is up to 120 mm, females up to 70 mm. The head is small, already pronotum, directed forward. The color is black, the body is densely covered with yellow-brown hairs. From above, the head carries a horn developed by a male. Pronotum does not exceed width. Pronotum convex. The weight of the beetle is up to 35 g. It is mainly nocturnal.
Spread
Mexico , Central America , rain forests of South America.
Subspecies
Male and female
- Megasoma elephas elephas Fabricius, 1775
- Megasoma elephas iijimai Nagai, 2003
- Megasoma elephas occidentalis Bolívar et al. , 1963
Notes
- ↑ Brem A. Life of animals / Foreword and comments by M.S. Galina and M. B. Kornilova. - M .: OLMA-PRESS, OJSC "Red Proletariat", 2004. - 1192 p.