Megasoma actaeon

Megasoma actaeon - ♂

Megasoma actaeon- ♀

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Dynastinae
Tribus: Dynastini
Genus: Megasoma
Species: Megasoma actaeon

Name

• Megasoma actaeon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Scarabaeus actaeon

Synonyms

• Geotrupes crenatus Leach 1817
• Megasoma janus Felsche 1906
• Megasoma argentinum Höhne 1923
• Megasoma janus ramirezorum Silvestre & Arnaud 2002
• Megasoma janus fujitai Nagai 2003

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 345]

Primary references

• Silvestre, G. & Arnaud, P. 2002. Description d’une nouvelle espèce sud-américaine du genre Megasoma. Besoiro 8: 7-8. PDF Reference page. 

Selected links

• Generic guide to New World scarab beetles