Actaeon beetle

Actaeon beetle
Male of Megasoma actaeon
Female of Megasoma actaeon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Megasoma
Species:
M. actaeon
Binomial name
Megasoma actaeon
Synonyms
  • Scarabeus simson Linnaeus, 1767
  • Geotrupes crenatus Leach, 1817
  • Megasoma janus Felsche, 1906
  • Megasoma argentinum Höhne, 1923
  • Megasoma janus ramirezorum Silvestre et Arnaud, 2002
  • Megasoma janus fujitai Nagai, 2003 [1]
  • Megasoma rex Prandi, 2018 (dubious: see [2])
  • Megasoma actaeon johannae Van Meenen & Schouteet, 2018

Actaeon beetle (Megasoma actaeon) is a rhinoceros beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.

  1. ^ Matthew R. Moore (22 January 2007). "Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus, 1758)". Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles.
  2. ^ Hielkema, Auke J.; Hielkema, Meindert A. (25 October 2019). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas". Insecta Mundi. 732: 1–306. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3678492.