Megasoma elephas

TaxID: 575206

Basic Information

Megasoma elephas

Elephant Beetle, Guineische fliegende Eelephant

The elephant beetle (Megasoma elephas) is a member of the family Scarabaeidae and the subfamily Dynastinae. Elephant beetles are Neotropical rhinoceros beetles.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

Megasoma

elephas

nan

Photos (5 photos)

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Megasoma elephas
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(c) Erland Refling Nielsen@BY-NC
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Morphological Features

Females of this species have bright black tegument completely covered by reddish yellow pubescence. Males possess a cephalic horn covered with pubescence, a strong and acuminate horn on the anterior angles of the pronotum, and a dentate and widely truncated clypeus.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

10
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belize Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Guatemala Present —
Honduras Present —
Mexico Present —
Nicaragua Present —
Panama Present —
El Salvador Present —
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (4 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MEUNH093-17 BOLD:ABA2881 COI-5P 355 Honduras 1998-09-12 -
MEUNH092-17 BOLD:ABA2881 COI-5P 359 Honduras 1980-10-21 -
GBAAY89361-24 BOLD:ABA2881 COI-5P 1531 China - -
CRBAF4547-22 BOLD:ABA2881 COI-5P 644 Costa Rica 2021-05-11 9.262, -83.872

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