Megasoma elephas (Fabricius)

Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor Jaime, Deloya, Cuauhtémoc & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2017, Teratological Cases in Five Species of Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with a Compilation of Teratologies in Scarabaeoidea, The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 329-338 : 335

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.329
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458189
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF6887A3-FFA3-FFF0-FCF6-C320A728FDB9
treatment provided by	Diego (2021-08-29 12:59:24, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-05 14:54:44)
scientific name	Megasoma elephas (Fabricius)
status

Treatment

Teratology. Bipartisan gynandromorphy; body with right half female and left half with a strong male dominance in secondary sexual characteristics.

Reference. Dechambre (1987).

References

Dechambre, R. P. 1987. Un cas de gynandromorphisme biparti chez Megasoma elephas (F.) (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 23: 209 - 211.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Dynastidae
Genus	Megasoma

Specimens