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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Rhinoceros Beetles (Dynastinae) » Dynastini » Elephant Beetles (Megasoma) » Texas Elephant Beetle (Megasoma vogti)

Species Megasoma vogti - Texas Elephant Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Megasoma vogti Cartwright - Megasoma vogti - male

Megasoma vogti XL - Megasoma vogti - male

Megasoma vogti female - Megasoma vogti - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Tribe Dynastini

Genus Megasoma (Elephant Beetles)

Species vogti (Texas Elephant Beetle)

Other Common Names

Texas Megasoma

Explanation of Names

Megasoma vogti Cartwright, 1963

patronym for George Vogt (1920–1990), a coleopterist active in s. TX in 1946-47. (1)

Range

c. TX (Bexar Co.) to ne Mex - Map (2)

Habitat

Tamaulipan Thornscrub

Season

July to October in Texas. "I find them every year during the months of September and October." (Alfredo Hinojosa, pers. comm. to MAQ, 2012)

Remarks

Type Locality: Hidalgo Co., TX, 1947

Print References

Cartwright, O.L. 1963. Two new species of Megasoma from the United States and Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 17(1): 25-29. (JSTOR)

Cartwright, O.L. 1970. The male of Megasoma vogti Cartwright (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72: 224-226.

Hardy, A.R. 1972. A brief revision of the North and Central American species of Megasoma. Canadian Entomologist 104: 767-777.

Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp. (3)

Internet References

Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn, 2008

Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Univ. of Nebraska State Museum - Div. of Entomology

Works Cited

1.	George Britton Vogt (1920–1990). Anderson, D., C.L. Bellamy, H.A. Howden, and C. Quimby. 1991. The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(1): 93–95.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 February, 2009 - 11:00pm
Last updated 7 September, 2020 - 3:14pm

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