Accepted scientific name:
Megasoma gyas (Herbst, 1785) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Megasoma gyas (Herbst, 1785)
Synonyms:
Geotrupes monoceros Weber, 1801 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Geotrupes monoceros Weber, 1801
Megasoma enema Marcgraf, 1648 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Megasoma enema Marcgraf, 1648
Scarabaeus entellus Olivier, 1792 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarabaeus entellus Olivier, 1792
Scarabaeus esau Herbst, 1785 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarabaeus esau Herbst, 1785
Scarabaeus laniger Olivier, 1789 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarabaeus laniger Olivier, 1789
Scarabaeus typhon Olivier, 1789 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Scarabaeus typhon Olivier, 1789
Infraspecific taxon: Megasoma gyas porioni Nagai, 2003
Megasoma gyas prandii Milani, 2008
Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968
Common names: -
Classification:
Animalia CoL
Phylum Arthropoda CoL
Class Insecta CoL
Order Coleoptera CoL
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Scarabs
Family Dynastidae Scarabs
Genus Megasoma Scarabs
Distribution: Neotropical (Brazil)
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Source database: Scarabs, Aug 2012   99%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Schoolmeesters P., Aug-2012
Online resource:
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:17b110e0-6714-11e2-bd6a-569cdfeac142:col20130401