Megasoma (Megasoma) hermes Prandi, 2016

Prandi, Massimo, Grossi, Paschoal C. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2020, Revision of the Megasoma (Megasoma) gyas (Jablonsky in Herbst, 1785) species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae), ZooKeys 999, pp. 109-145 : 109

Megasoma (Megasoma) hermes Prandi, 2016 Figure 29

Megasoma hermes Prandi, 2016: 525-584.

Remarks.

The distribution range of this species (northern Brazil, on the border with Venezuela and Guyanas) represents the northernmost distribution compared to the aforementioned species and subspecies. It is likely that Endrödi’s (1977) and Morón’s (2005) claims of the alleged presence of M. gyas in Suriname and Guyana refer to this species. The validity of this taxon has been recently confirmed by further findings from Venezuela, at the border with Brazil (see Kobayashi, 2019). Only ten specimens have been collected thus far and a large specimen is deposited in MSNM. It is a completely glabrous Megasoma on its dorsal side. Ventrally it bears a very poor pubescence, mainly on female specimens. The variability of total body length varies from 68 to 105 mm (Fig. 29 , courtesy Mushi-sha).

Figures

Figure 29. A M. hermes ♂ B M. hermes ♀.