Megasoma gyas

Megasoma gyas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Megasoma
Species:	M. gyas
Binomial name
	Megasoma gyas; (Herbst, 1785)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus Goliath Voet, 1766 (Unav.); Scarabaeus gyas Herbst, 1785; Scarabaeus esau Herbst, 1785; Scarabaeus laniger Olivier, 1789; Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968;

Megasoma gyas is a species of large Neotropical rhinoceros beetles. There are no recognized subspecies.^[2]

Description[edit]

Megasoma gyas have setae all over their bodies. Males have three thoracic horns and one cephalic horn. Females are without horns.

^ Megasoma gyas HERBST, 1785
^ M. Prandi, P. Grossi, F. Vaz-de-Mello (2020) Revision of the Megasoma (Megasoma) gyas (Jablonsky in Herbst, 1785) species group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae). ZooKeys 999:109-145. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.999.53130

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