Phileurus truncatus
Appearance
Phileurus truncatus | |
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Adult female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Phileurus |
Species: | P. truncatus
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Binomial name | |
Phileurus truncatus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1806)
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Phileurus truncatus, the triceratops beetle,[1] is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.
Description
[edit]Body length, 32-38 millimeters. Both adult males and females have large and distinct horns on the head.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Virginia, south to Florida, west to Tennessee and southeastern Arizona.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Evans, Arthur V. (2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press; in the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. p. 172. ISBN 9781400851829.