Tribe Dynastini

Classification · Numbers

Rhinoceros Beetle - Dynastes tityus - female

Found in Sterling, Virginia August 2005 - What is it? - Dynastes tityus - female

Big beetle found at night. - Dynastes tityus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Dynastinae (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Tribe Dynastini

Numbers

Two genera; Dynastes [2 species] and Megasoma [3 species]

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 6:59am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 2 September, 2008 - 12:10pm

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