| Dynastes | |
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| Dynastes grantii | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ [1] Dynastes hercules at UFL
- ^ a b Huang, Jen-Pan (2016-10-15). "Parapatric genetic introgression and phenotypic assimilation: testing conditions for introgression between Hercules beetles (Dynastes, Dynastinae)". Molecular Ecology. 25 (21). Wiley: 5513–5526. doi:10.1111/mec.13849. hdl:2027.42/134423. ISSN 0962-1083.