Megasoma Kirby, 1825
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https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14149742 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0428EB14-FFC5-FFE7-4A43-FBCA35A6E71C |
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Plazi |
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Megasoma Kirby, 1825 |
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Megasoma Kirby, 1825 View in CoL
(not Megasoma Boisduval, 1832 )
[24 species and 5 additional subspecies].
Type species Scarabaeus actaeon Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation. Note: Burmeister (1847) incorrectly spelt Megasoma as “ Megalosoma ”.
Lycophontes Bruch, 1910 . Type species Lycophontes joergenseni Bruch, 1910 , by monotypy. Synonymy by Arrow (1937b). Note: Ratcliffe (2003) incorrectly spelt Lycophontes as “ Lyphontes ”.
Megasominus Casey, 1915 . Type species Megasoma thersites LeConte, 1861 , by original designation. Synonymy by Arrow (1937a).
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Dynastinae |
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Dynastini |
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Dynastina |
Megasoma Kirby, 1825
| Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul 2024 |
Megasominus
| Casey 1915 |
Lycophontes
| Bruch 1910 |
Lycophontes joergenseni
| Bruch 1910 |
Lycophontes
| Bruch 1910 |
Megasoma thersites
| LeConte 1861 |