Dynastes | |
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Dynastes grantii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Tribe: | Dynastini |
Genus: | Dynastes MacLeay, 1819 |
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Dynastes is a genus of large beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. They occur in the Nearctic realm and in the Neotropical realm, from the United States to Brazil;[1][2] four North American species (including Mexico), three with distributions extending from Central America either north or south, and two species endemic to South America.[2]