Megasoma elephas (Fabricius, 1775)

Taboada-Verona, Carlos, Sermeño-Correa, Carlos, Sierra-Serrano, Oscar & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2019, Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia, Check List 15 (4), pp. 579-594 : 584

Megasoma elephas (Fabricius, 1775)

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Geographic distribution. Southern Mexico to Ven- ezuela ( Morón and Deloya 2001, Ratcliffe and Morón 2005). In Colombia: Antioquia, Córdoba, Magdalena, and Norte de Santander ( Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, Neita-Moreno 2011).

Material examined, new record. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2017/11/29, MZUSU E02554 (1♂).

Identification. Females of this species can be distinguished from other Megasoma species by presenting bright black tegument, completely covered by reddish yellow pubescence, the males with a cephalic horn covered with pubescence, a strong and acuminate horn in anterior angles of pronotum, and a dentate and widely truncated clypeus.