Elephant beetle

Elephant beetle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Megasoma
Species:
M. elephas
Binomial name
Megasoma elephas
(Fabricius, 1775)
Subspecies

M. e. elephas
M. e. iijimai

Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus elephas Fabricius, 1775
  • Megasoma mexicanum Fischer, 1968

The elephant beetle (Megasoma elephas) is a member of the family Scarabaeidae and the subfamily Dynastinae. Elephant beetles are Neotropical rhinoceros beetles.