Megasoma (Megasoma) anubis (Chevrolat in Guerin , 1836)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.999.53130

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B8D6EF7C-BFED-4758-A1EB-A58F1711BD30

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Megasoma (Megasoma) anubis (Chevrolat in Guerin , 1836)
status

 

Megasoma (Megasoma) anubis (Chevrolat in Guerin, 1836) Figure 28 View Figure 28

Scarabaeus anubis Chevrolat, 1836: t.139-140.

Scarabaeus hector Gory, 1836, synonymy by Burmeister 1847: 278-279.

Megalosoma theseus Laporte, 1840, synonymy by Burmeister 1847: 278-279.

Remarks.

This is another completely-pubescent South American taxon belonging to the genus Megasoma . It occurs in northeastern Argentina (Misiones region), southeastern Paraguay, and in eastern and southern Brazil ( Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul states). It is interesting to note that in the first two Brazilian states, in the region of Teresópolis, RJ, it is sympatric with Megasoma typhon typhon . The distinctive characters are the cephalic horn and the sickle-shaped thoracic horn, both short with a very wide bifurcated apex. Total body length varies from 50 to 90 mm (Fig. 28 View Figure 28 , courtesy of Mushi-sha).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dynastidae

Genus

Megasoma

Loc

Megasoma (Megasoma) anubis (Chevrolat in Guerin , 1836)

Prandi, Massimo, Grossi, Paschoal C. & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. 2020
2020
Loc

Scarabaeus anubis

Chevrolat 1836
1836
Loc

Scarabaeus hector

Gory 1836
1836