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Phileurus didymus

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Phileurus didymus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Phileurus
Species:
P. didymus
Binomial name
Phileurus didymus

Phileurus didymus is a species of wood-feeding beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.

Description

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Head, black, small, and triangular, having three tubercles issuing from it, of which the anterior is pointed, the others blunt. Thorax black, which is the general colour of the insect, rounded, smooth, and margined, having an impression in front, with a short tubercle situated on it near the edge; from whence runs a hollow groove or channel to the posterior margin. Scutellum small. Elytra shining, margined and furrowed. Abdomen smooth and shining, without hair. Tibiae furnished with spines, as are the first joints of the middle and posterior tarsi. Length 2 inches.[1]

Distribution

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Phileurus didymus is native to Central America, and is also found in Peru and French Guiana.

References

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  1. ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 1. p. 64. pl. XXXII.
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