Dynastes MacLeay, 1819

Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor & Amat-García, Germán, 2010, Synopsis and key to the genera of Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae) of Colombia, ZooKeys 34 (34), pp. 153-192 : 182

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.34.309

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3789660

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scientific name

Dynastes MacLeay, 1819
status

 

Dynastes MacLeay, 1819

Dynastes MacLeay 1819: 22 .

Distribution: Southern United States to South America and West Indies. Colombia: Amazonas, Antioquia, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Putumayo, Santander, Valle.

Diversity: 7 species. Colombia: 2 species, D. hercules (Linnaeus) , D. neptunus Quenzel ( Endrődi 1985; Hardy 2003; Restrepo et al. 2003).

Endrodi S (1985) The Dynastinae of the World. Dr W. Junk, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 800 pp.

Hardy M (2003) Description of a new species of Dynastes Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from North and Central America. Besoiro 9: 3 - 7.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

SuperFamily

Scarabaeoidea

Family

Dynastidae

SubFamily

Dynastinae

Tribe

Agaocephalini