Megasoma Kirby, 1825
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https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.34.309 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3789656 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F34FE44E-1F3A-FFE1-CD84-FC525306FA95 |
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Megasoma Kirby, 1825 |
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Distribution: Southwestern United States to northern Argentina. Colombia: Amazonas, Antioquia, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Valle.
Diversity: 14 species. Colombia: 3 species; M. actaeon (Linnaeus) , M. elephas (Fabricius) , M. mars (Reiche) ( Endrődi 1985; Morón 2005; Restrepo et al. 2003).
Tribe Oryctini
Endrodi S (1985) The Dynastinae of the World. Dr W. Junk, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 800 pp.
Moron MA (2005) A new species of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Sinaloa, Mexico. Zootaxa 1037: 29 - 36.
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Scarabaeoidea |
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Dynastinae |
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Agaocephalini |
Megasoma Kirby, 1825
| Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor & Amat-García, Germán 2010 |
Megasoma
| Kirby 1825: 566 |