| Western Hercules beetle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Dynastes |
| Species: | D. grantii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dynastes grantii Horn, 1870
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The western Hercules beetle (Dynastes grantii, often misspelled as "granti") is a species of rhinoceros beetle that lives in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah in the United States and in parts of northern Mexico.[1][2] This species is known for its grayish-white elytra, large size, and characteristic horn of the adult males.
- ^ Menke, Arnold S.; Parker, Frank D. (1988). "Adult feeding and distribution of Dynastes granti Horn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 42 (2): 161–164. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 4008541.
- ^ Huang, Jen-Pan (2016). "The species versus subspecies conundrum in the Hercules beetles (genus Dynastes) and its biogeographic and conservation implications". 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America. doi:10.1603/ice.2016.109568.